Carcinus maenas

crab
Taxon taxon Q27779
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Carcinus maenas

Summary

Carcinus maenas is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,416 views/month, #1,423 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Carcinus maenas's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Carcinus maenas's instance of is recorded as model organism[4].
  • Carcinus maenas is classified at the rank of species[5].
  • Carcinus maenas is classified within Carcinus[6].
  • Carcinus maenas's scientific name is Carcinus maenas[7].
  • Carcinus maenas's Commons category is recorded as Carcinus maenas[8].
  • Carcinus maenas's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Carcinus maenas[9].
  • Carcinus maenas's Commons gallery is recorded as Carcinus maenas[10].
  • Carcinus maenas's original combination is recorded as Cancer maenas[11].
  • Carcinus maenas's taxon synonym is recorded as Cancer maenas[12].
  • Carcinus maenas's short name is recorded as C. maenas[13].
  • Carcinus maenas is commonly known as Common shore crab[14].
  • Carcinus maenas is commonly known as Strandkrab[15].
  • Carcinus maenas is commonly known as rantataskurapu[16].
  • Carcinus maenas is commonly known as strandkrabbe[17].
  • Carcinus maenas is commonly known as cámbaru[18].
  • Carcinus maenas's invasive to is recorded as Australia[19].
  • Carcinus maenas's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[20].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Carcinus maenas is Carcinus maenas[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[5]. It is classified within Carcinus[6]. Recorded taxon common name include Common shore crab[14], Strandkrab[15], rantataskurapu[16], strandkrabbe[17], and cámbaru[18].

Identifiers

Carcinus maenas's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52523[21]. Carcinus maenas's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6759[22]. Carcinus maenas's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46508863[23]. Carcinus maenas's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5178595[24]. Carcinus maenas's ITIS TSN is recorded as 98734[25].

Why It Matters

Carcinus maenas ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,416 views/month, #1,423 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Mullanur · 2026-09-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of life id 46508863
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P830]]: 46508863"
  2. 17w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank species
    Instance of
    Parent taxon Carcinus
    Taxon synonym Cancer maenas
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007283481205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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