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Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Simcoe County (Central Ontario, Ontario, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
53
68
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
52
67
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
17
23
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
17
23
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
16
22
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
5
8
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Simcoe County
5 Families width 9 Species
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18531SpeciesTaxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893Mud crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Simcoe County
8 Genera with 9 Species
Callinectes Stimpson, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 1758Cancer Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Carcinus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Hemigrapsus Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Planes Bowdich, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Rhithropanopeus Rathbun, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Romaleon Gistel, 18561SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Simcoe County
9 Species
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896American blue crab
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758Asian Shore Crab
Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758Abuete negro
Hemigrapsus oregonensis Dana, 1851Green shore crab
Planes minutus Linnaeus, 1758Columbus crab
Rhithropanopeus harrisii Gould, 1841Dwarf crab
Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856Brown rock crab

Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Simcoe County
SectionEubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
5
8
9
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