decoration of other foodstuffs), soups such as bisque or bouillabaisse, pâtés, mousses, and hot soufflés. Taxonomy and systematics According to the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, Cancer pagurus was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature. It was chosen to be the type species of the genus Cancer by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. The specific epithet is a Latin word, deriving from the (), which, alongside (), was used to refer to edible marine crabs; neither classical term can be confidently assigned to a particular species. Although the genus Cancer formerly included most crabs, it has since been restricted to eight species. Within that set of closely related species, the closest relative of C. pagurus is the Jonah crab, C. borealis, from the east coast of North America. References External links Dressed crab, recipe from BBC Food Cancroidea Edible crustaceans Commercial crustaceans Crustaceans of the Atlantic Ocean Crustaceans described in 1758 Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus