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Melocarcinus

genus of crustaceans
Taxon taxon Q18091844
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Melocarcinus

Summary

Melocarcinus is a taxon[1].

Key Facts

  • Melocarcinus's instance of is recorded as taxon[2].
  • Melocarcinus is classified at the rank of genus[3].
  • Melocarcinus is classified within Trichodactylidae[4].
  • Melocarcinus belongs to the parent taxon Dilocarcininae[5].
  • Melocarcinus's scientific name is Melocarcinus[6].
  • Melocarcinus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melocarcinus[7].
  • Melocarcinus's taxon author citation is recorded as C Magalhães & Türkay, 1996[8].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Melocarcinus is Melocarcinus[6]. Melocarcinus is classified at the rank of genus[3]. Recorded parent taxon include Trichodactylidae[4] and Dilocarcininae[5].

Identifiers

Melocarcinus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 89847[9]. Melocarcinus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2223959[10].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → genus
    Parent taxon → Trichodactylidae, Dilocarcininae
    Irmng id → 1166453
    Open tree of life id → 4668131
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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