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Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Edgartown (Dukes County, Massachusetts, USA)


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		9
10
10		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
9
10
10		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Eucarida
Calman, 1904
6
6
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns		6
6
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
6
6
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs		4
4
4		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Edgartown
4 Families width 4 Species
Cancridae (Latreille, 1802)Edible crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Panopeidae (Ortmann, 1893)Mud crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833Commensal Crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Edgartown
4 Genera with 4 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1817Cancer Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Ovalipes Rathbun, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Panopeus H. Milne-Edw..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Tumidotheres Campos, 18181SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Edgartown
4 Species
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Ovalipes ocellatus Herbst, 1799Calico crab
Panopeus sayi (Smith, 1869)⇒ Dyspanopeus sayi Smith, 1869
Tumidotheres maculatus Say, 1818Squatter pea crab

Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Edgartown
SectionEubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
4
4
4		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