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Dungeness crab

species of crustacean
Taxon taxon Q1936093

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
M. magister[6]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Invasion Biology[8]
Original combination
Cancer magister[4]
Parent taxon
Metacarcinus[2]
Taxon author citation
(Dana, 1852)[9]
Taxon common name
Dungeness Crab[7]
Taxon name
Metacarcinus magister[3]
Taxon rank
species[1]
Taxon synonym
Cancer magister[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Cancer magister en Dungeness crab en Metacarcinus magister fa خرچنگ دانجنس he סרטן דנג'נס ja アメリカイチョウカニ ja ダンジネスクラブ ko 던지니스게 pt Sapateira-do-pacífico ru Cancer magister zh 丹金尼斯螃蟹 zh 唐金蟹 zh 邓杰内斯蟹 zh 鄧津蟹 zh 首長黃道蟹 zh-hans 首长黄道蟹
🔖 Identifiers · 25
Library of Congress authority ID
sh85039979
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
DungenessCrab.jpg ↗
BISMaL taxon ID
9000769
BOLD Systems taxon ID
201717
BugGuide taxon ID
920591
Catalogue of Life ID
428X3
E-Fauna BC species ID
Metacarcinus magister
EBiodiversity ID
239935
Fossilworks taxon ID
224369
Freebase ID
/m/03rcbt
GBIF taxon ID
5863764
INaturalist taxon ID
63697
Show all 25 identifiers +13
IRMNG ID
11706816
KBpedia ID
DungenessCrab
NBIC scientific name ID
208102
NCBI taxonomy ID
29965
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007565357105171
OBIS ID
440388
Open Tree of Life ID
812825
SeaLifeBase ID
27124
Topic's main category
Category:Metacarcinus magister
UMLS CUI
C1002937
UNII
2EIB9L8V8E
WoRMS-ID for taxa
440388
Yale LUX ID
concept/1767d738-1785-4fac-b39a-ff83f7eb7311

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Metacarcinus
Taxon rank 1
species
← Species kept 1
New England Aquarium
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  7. [7] ↑ . BugGuide. wikidata.org.
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  1. 23w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Taxon synonym → Cancer magister
    Maintained by WikiProject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Instance of → taxon
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007565357105171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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