Carcinus maenas
crab
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Summary
Carcinus maenas is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,865 views/month, #1,423 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: model organism[3]
- Taxon rank: species[4]
- Parent taxon: Carcinus[5]
- Taxon name: Carcinus maenas[6]
- Commons category: Carcinus maenas[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Carcinus maenas[8]
- Commons gallery: Carcinus maenas[9]
- Original combination: Cancer maenas[10]
- Taxon synonym: Cancer maenas[11]
- Short name: C. maenas[12]
- Taxon common name: Common shore crab[13], Strandkrab[14], rantataskurapu[15], strandkrabbe[16], cámbaru[17]
- Invasive to: Australia[18]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[19]
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Identifiers
Carcinus maenas's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 52523[20]. Carcinus maenas's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6759[21]. Carcinus maenas's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 46508863[22]. Carcinus maenas's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5178595[23]. Carcinus maenas's ITIS TSN is recorded as 98734[24].
Why It Matters
Carcinus maenas has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]