Translingual

Carcinus maenas

Proper noun

Carcinus m

1. 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