Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Nantucket (Massachusetts, USA)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 34
43
51 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 34
43
51 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 17
23
31 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 16
22
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 16
22
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 9
14
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Nantucket
9 Families width 16 Species
Genera for Nantucket
14 Genera with 16 Species | Bathynectes Manning & Ho..., 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calappa Weber, 1794 | Box crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callinectes Stimpson, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cancer Linnaeus, 1817 | Cancer Crab | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chaceon Manning & Ho..., 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyas Leach, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptuca Bott, 1802 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Libinia Leach, 1815 | Spider Crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Minuca Bott, 1855 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ovalipes Rathbun, 1799 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeus H. Milne-Edw..., 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunus Weber, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tumidotheres Campos, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Uca Leach, 1870 | Fiddler crab | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Nantucket
16 Species | Bathynectes maravigna Prestandrea, 1839 | | | Calappa flammea Herbst, 1794 | Flame box crab | | Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 | American blue crab | | Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859 | Jonah crab | | Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817) | ⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836 | | Chaceon quinquedens Smith, 1879 | Red Crab | | Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815 | Arctic lyre crab | | Leptuca pugilator Bosc, 1802 | Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab | | Libinia dubia H. Milne Edw..., 1834 | Doubtful spider crab | | Libinia emarginata Leach, 1815 | Common Spider Crab | | Minuca minax LeConte, 1855 | | | Ovalipes ocellatus Herbst, 1799 | Calico crab | | Panopeus herbstii H. Milne Edw..., 1834 | Atlantic mud crab | | Portunus (Portunus) sayi Gibbes, 1850 | Sargassum Crab | | Tumidotheres maculatus Say, 1818 | Squatter pea crab | | Uca pugnax Smith, 1870 | Atlantic marsh fiddler |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Nantucket
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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