Carcinus
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Carcinus maenas
See also: carcinus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek καρκίνος (karkínos, “crab”)
Proper noun
Carcinus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Portunidae – most notoriously, the highly invasive species Carcinus maenas, of European origin.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea - subphylum; Malacostraca - class; Eumalacostraca - subclass; Eucarida - superorder; Decapoda - order; Pleocyemata - suborder; Brachyura - infraorder; Eubrachyura - section; Heterotremata - subsection; Portunoidea - superfamily; Portunidae - family; Carcininae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Carcinus maenas (green crab, shore crab) - type species; Carcinus aestuarii - other species
Derived terms
- Australocarcinus
- Calocarcinus
- Carcinoplax
- Bicarinocarcinus
- Cecidocarcinus
- Ceratocarcinus
- Chasmocarcinus
- Criocarcinus
- Cyphocarcinus
- Detocarcinus
- Dilocarcinus
- Eurycarcinus
- Fredilocarcinus
- Gecarcinus
- Glebocarcinus
- Halicarcinus
- Hapalocarcinus
- Liocarcinus
- Lissocarcinus
- Martinocarcinus
- Melocarcinus
- Moreirocarcinus
- Nectocarcinus
- Nematocarcinus
- Ommatocarcinus
- Opecarcinus
- Philippicarcinus
- Potamocarcinus
- Rhinocarcinus
- Sargassocarcinus
- Simocarcinus
- Speocarcinus
- Sphenocarcinus
- Sylviocarcinus
- Tetracarcinus
- Trachycarcinus
- Trizocarcinus
- Troglocarcinus
- Tumidocarcinus
- Tylocarcinus
- Xenocarcinus
- †Amydrocarcinus
- †Gemmacarcinus
- †Icriocarcinus
- †Kowaicarcinus
- †Metacarcinus
- †Magyarcarcinus
- †Neptocarcinus
- †Pterocarcinus
References
Carcinus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Carcinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Carcinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Carcinus at World Register of Marine Species
- Carcinus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Carcinus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Carcinus at Paleobiology Database
Latin
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkar.ki.nus/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkar.t͡ʃi.nus/,
Proper noun
Carcinus m sg (genitive Carcinī); second declension
- A small river in Bruttium
Declension
Second-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Carcinus |
| Genitive | Carcinī |
| Dative | Carcinō |
| Accusative | Carcinum |
| Ablative | Carcinō |
| Vocative | Carcine |
References
- Carcinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.