Carcinus maenas

Summary

Carcinus maenas is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,266 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 {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'C. maenas'}^[13].
• Carcinus maenas is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common shore crab'}^[14].
• Carcinus maenas is commonly known as {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Strandkrab'}^[15].
• Carcinus maenas is commonly known as {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'rantataskurapu'}^[16].
• Carcinus maenas is commonly known as {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'strandkrabbe'}^[17].
• Carcinus maenas is commonly known as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': '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 {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Common shore crab'}^[14], {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Strandkrab'}^[15], {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'rantataskurapu'}^[16], {'lang': 'nb', 'text': 'strandkrabbe'}^[17], and {'lang': 'ast', 'text': '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 GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5178595^[23]. Carcinus maenas's ITIS TSN is recorded as 98734^[24].

Why It Matters

Carcinus maenas ranks in the top 0.73% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,266 views/month, #1,423 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[25] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[26]