kingdom Animalia > phylum Arthropoda > subphylum Crustacea > superclass Multicrustacea > class Malacostraca > subclass Eumalacostraca > superorder Eucarida > order Decapoda > suborder Pleocyemata > infraorder Brachyura > section Eubrachyura > subsection Heterotremata > superfamily Portunoidea > family Carcinidae > subfamily Carcininae > genus Megalopa
| Rank | Genus |
| Status | junior subjective synonym |
| Aphia ID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:450176 |
| Valid name | Carcinus |
| Valid Aphia ID | 106922 |
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This status of this taxon in WoRMS is junior subjective synonym. The accepted taxon for Megalopa Leach, 1814 is Carcinus.