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Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Comox Valley (Central Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
37
42
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
37
42
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
13
17
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
13
17
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
13
17
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
6
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Comox Valley
6 Families width 10 Species
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Cenomanocarcinidae Guinot & al., 20081SpeciesTaxom
Raninidae De Haan, 1839Frog crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18532SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae (MacLeay, 1838)Kelp Crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Comox Valley
8 Genera with 10 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1840Cancer Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Carcinus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cenomanocarcinus Van Straelen, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Eucorystes Bell, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Glebocarcinus Nations, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Hemigrapsus Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18521SpeciesTaxom
Pugettia Dana, 18401SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comox Valley
10 Species
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer productus Randall, 1840Red Cancer Crab
Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758Asian Shore Crab
Cenomanocarcinus beardi Schweitzer &..., 2003
Eucorystes platys C. E. Schwei..., 2001
Glebocarcinus oregonensis Dana, 1852Oregon Cancer Crab
Hemigrapsus nudus Dana, 1851Naked Shore Crab
Hemigrapsus oregonensis Dana, 1851Green shore crab
Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852Graceful Crab
Pugettia producta (Randall, 1840)⇒ Platymaia rebierei Guinot & Ric..., 1986

Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Comox Valley
SectionEubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
4
6
8
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SectionRaninoida
De Haan, 1839
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Brachyura at artfakta.se
Brachyura at biodiversity.org.au
Brachyura at dyntaxa.se
Brachyura at gbif.org
Brachyura at itis.gov
Brachyura at marinespecies.org