Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Thecostraca > Subclass Cirripedia > Infraclass Rhizocephala > Family Sacculinidae > Genus Sacculina

Sacculina carcini Thompson, 1836

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sacculina*	Thompson, 1836	accepted genus name
*Sacculinidia*	Hesse, 1867	synonym

Species group names

*Sacculina gibbsi*	(Hesse, 1867)	orthographic variant
*Sacculinidia gibbsii*	Hesse, 1867	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: krabbens rodkrebs sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: krabbenzakje; krabbezakje sources: Leewis, R. (2002). Flora en fauna van de zee [Marine flora and fauna]. Veldgids, 16. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-153-X. 320 pp.;Eneman, E. (1984). Uit het Natuurhistorisch Archief [From the Natural History Archive]. De Strandvlo 4(1): 4-17

French: sacculine sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

German: parasitischer Wurzelkrebs

Literature

original description	Thompson, J. V. (1836). Natural history and metamorphosis of an anomalous crustaceous parasite of Carcinus maenas, the Sacculina carcini. The Entomological Magazine. 3: 452-456.
basis of record	Boxshall, G. (2001). Cirripedia - parasitic Rhizocephala, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 283-284
additional source	MacNae, W. & M. Kalk (eds). (1958). A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg. I-iv, 163 pp.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
source of synonymy	Boschma, H. (1955). The described species of the family Sacculinidae. Zoologische Verhandelingen. 27: 1-76.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Boyko, C.B. (2025). World List of Rhizocephala. Sacculina carcini Thompson, 1836. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134805