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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Cancridae |
| Genus: | Metacarcinus |
| Species: | M. starri
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| Metacarcinus starri (Berglund & Goedert, 1996)
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Cancer (Metacarcinus) starri Berglund & Goedert, 1996 | |
Metacarcinus starri is an extinct species of crab in the family Cancridae, subfamily Cancrinae.[1] The species is known solely from the early Miocene, Clallam Formation and the underlying Pysht Formation deposits on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state, United States.
- ^ Ross E. Berglund & James L. Goedert (1996). "A new crab (Brachyura: Cancridae) from Lower Miocene rocks of the Northwestern Olympic Peninsula, Washington". Journal of Paleontology. 70 (5): 830โ835. doi:10.1017/S0022336000023866. JSTOR 1306484. S2CID 132189245.