Carcinus

genus of crustaceans
Taxon taxon Q135363
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Carcinus

Summary

Carcinus is a taxon[1]. Carcinus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month, #1,618 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carcinus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Carcinus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Carcinus is classified within Portunidae[5].
  • Carcinus belongs to the parent taxon Carcinidae[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Carcinus is Carcinus[7].
  • Carcinus's Commons category is recorded as Carcinus[8].
  • Carcinus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carcinus[9].
  • Carcinus is commonly known as Carcino[10].

Body

Classification

Carcinus's scientific name is Carcinus[7]. Carcinus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Portunidae[5] and Carcinidae[6]. Carcinus is commonly known as Carcino[10].

Identifiers

Carcinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52524[11]. Carcinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6758[12]. Carcinus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46508861[13]. Carcinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2225691[14]. Carcinus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 98733[15].

Why It Matters

Carcinus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (151 views/month, #1,618 of 195,241).[2] Carcinus has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] Carcinus is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  13. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Mullanur · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of life id 46508861
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P830]]: 46508861"
  2. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Portunidae, Carcinidae
    Taxon rank genus
    Instance of taxon
    Instance of
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283481305171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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