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Chionoecetes opilio  (J. C. Fabricius, 1788)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 98428

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): snow crab [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   SuperclassAltocrustacea   
                      ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                         SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                            SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                               OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                                  SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                     InfraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802 – short-tailed crabs, true crabs  
                                        SuperfamilyMajoidea Samouelle, 1819 – spider crabs  
                                           FamilyOregoniidae Garth, 1958  
                                              GenusChionoecetes Krøyer, 1838  
                                                 SpeciesChionoecetes opilio (J. C. Fabricius, 1788) – snow crab  
    Direct Children:  
                                                    Subspecies Chionoecetes opilio opilio (O. Fabricius, 1788)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31, pre-press (version 18-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: McLaughlin et al. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31   
  Reference for: Chionoecetes opilio, snow crab [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chionoecetes opilio   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al.  
  Publication Date: 1989   
  Article/Chapter Title: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17   
  Page(s): 77   
  Publisher: American Fisheries Society   
  Publication Place: Bethesda, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-913235-49-0, 0097-0638  
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Chionoecetes opilio   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Western Atlantic Ocean  
    East Pacific  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: McLaughlin et al. (2005) Occurrence values: A, P  
 

 

    

 
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