Dungeness crab

Summary

Dungeness crab is a taxon^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,501 views/month, #1,363 of 195,241).^[2]

Key Facts

• Dungeness crab's instance of is recorded as taxon^[3].
• Dungeness crab is classified at the rank of species^[4].
• Dungeness crab belongs to the parent taxon Metacarcinus^[5].
• Under binomial nomenclature, Dungeness crab is Metacarcinus magister^[6].
• Dungeness crab's Commons category is recorded as Metacarcinus magister^[7].
• Dungeness crab's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Metacarcinus magister^[8].
• Dungeness crab's Commons gallery is recorded as Metacarcinus magister^[9].
• Dungeness crab's original combination is recorded as Cancer magister^[10].
• Dungeness crab's taxon synonym is recorded as Cancer magister^[11].
• Dungeness crab's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'M. magister'}^[12].
• Dungeness crab is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dungeness Crab'}^[13].
• Dungeness crab's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology^[14].
• Dungeness crab's taxon author citation is recorded as (Dana, 1852)^[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Dungeness crab is Metacarcinus magister^[6]. It is classified at the rank of species^[4]. It belongs to the parent taxon Metacarcinus^[5]. It is commonly known as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Dungeness Crab'}^[13].

Identifiers

Dungeness crab's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 63697^[16]. Dungeness crab's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 29965^[17]. Dungeness crab's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5863764^[18].

Why It Matters

Dungeness crab ranks in the top 0.7% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,501 views/month, #1,363 of 195,241).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[20]