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Checklist for Family Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (edible crabs)
and region Alberta (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
116
217
277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
113
214
275
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
45
82
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
44
80
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
41
76
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
15
30
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
14
29
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
20
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
1
3
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs
3
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Alberta
3 Genera with 6 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1758Cancer Crab4SpeciesTaxom
Glebocarcinus Nations, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alberta
6 Species
Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859Jonah crab
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer magister (Dana, 1852)⇒ Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Glebocarcinus oregonensis Dana, 1852Oregon Cancer Crab
Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852Californian Crab

Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in Alberta
SubfamilyCancrinae
Latreille, 1802
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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