Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Hants County (Nova Scotia, Canada)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 81
135
194 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 80
134
193 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 19
28
49 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 18
26
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 18
26
44 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 7
10
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Hants County
7 Families width 14 Species
Genera for Hants County
10 Genera with 14 Species | Callinectes Stimpson, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cancer Linnaeus, 1758 | Cancer Crab | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Carcinus Leach, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chaceon Manning & Ho..., 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chionoecetes Krøyer, 1788 | Snow crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyas Leach, 1815 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Libinia Leach, 1815 | Spider Crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macropodia Leach, 1761 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypode Weber, 1787 | Ghost Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ovalipes Rathbun, 1799 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Hants County
14 Species | Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 | American blue crab | | Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859 | Jonah crab | | Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817) | ⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836 | | Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown crab | | Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758 | Asian Shore Crab | | Chaceon quinquedens Smith, 1879 | Red Crab | | Chionoecetes opilio Fabricius, 1788 | Atlantic snow crab | | Hyas araneus Linnaeus, 1758 | Atlantic lyre crab | | Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815 | Arctic lyre crab | | Libinia dubia H. Milne Edw..., 1834 | Doubtful spider crab | | Libinia emarginata Leach, 1815 | Common Spider Crab | | Macropodia rostrata Linnaeus, 1761 | Common spider crab | | Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787 | Atlantic ghost crab | | Ovalipes ocellatus Herbst, 1799 | Calico crab |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Hants County
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
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