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Metacarcinus

genus of crustaceans
Taxon taxon Q6822374
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Metacarcinus

Summary

Metacarcinus is a taxon[1]. Metacarcinus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Metacarcinus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Metacarcinus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Metacarcinus is classified within Cancridae[5].
  • Metacarcinus's scientific name is Metacarcinus[6].
  • Metacarcinus's Commons category is recorded as Metacarcinus[7].
  • Metacarcinus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metacarcinus[8].

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Classification

Metacarcinus's scientific name is Metacarcinus[6]. Metacarcinus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Metacarcinus is classified within Cancridae[5].

Identifiers

Metacarcinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 116719[9]. Metacarcinus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 555451[10]. Metacarcinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 4644227[11].

Why It Matters

Metacarcinus ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11 views/month, #1,626 of 195,241).[2] Metacarcinus has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 22d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Cancridae
    Topic's main category → Category:Metacarcinus
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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