Great spider crab

species of crustacean
Taxon taxon Q2281025
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Great spider crab

Summary

Great spider crab is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month, #1,615 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Great spider crab's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Great spider crab is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Great spider crab is classified within Hyas[5].
  • Great spider crab's scientific name is Hyas araneus[6].
  • Great spider crab's Commons category is recorded as Hyas araneus[7].
  • Great spider crab's original combination is recorded as Cancer araneus[8].
  • Great spider crab is commonly known as Gewone spinkrab[9].
  • Great spider crab is commonly known as mandolinpyntekrabbe[10].
  • Great spider crab is commonly known as krab pavoukový[11].
  • Great spider crab is commonly known as Nordische Seespinne[12].
  • Great spider crab is commonly known as Great spider crab[13].
  • Great spider crab's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Invasion Biology[14].
  • Great spider crab's taxon author citation is recorded as (Linnaeus, 1758)[15].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Great spider crab is Hyas araneus[6]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Hyas[5]. Recorded taxon common name include Gewone spinkrab[9], mandolinpyntekrabbe[10], krab pavoukový[11], Nordische Seespinne[12], and it[13].

Identifiers

Great spider crab's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 459588[16]. Great spider crab's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 361634[17]. Great spider crab's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2226648[18]. Great spider crab's ITIS TSN is recorded as 98426[19].

Why It Matters

Great spider crab ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (71 views/month, #1,615 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Debessis · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Original combination → Cancer araneus
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Hyas
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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