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Checklist for Family Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (edible crabs)
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
360
1365
3514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
353
1349
3488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
141
518
1316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
139
508
1283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
125
460
1192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
73
259
526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
58
221
463
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
45
176
365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
5
8
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs
3
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for British Isles
3 Genera with 17 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab13SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18461SpeciesTaxom
Tealliocaris Peach, 18773SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
17 Species
Cancer (Scilarus) tuberculatus (Herbst, 1785)⇒ Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer bellianus Johnson, 1861Toothed rock crab
Cancer bispinosus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Galene bispinosa Herbst, 1783
Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859Jonah crab
Cancer falcatus (Forskål, 1775)⇒ Gonodactylaceus falcatus Forskål, 1775
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer leachii Desmarest, 1822
Cancer lividus (Latreille, 1812)⇒ Juxtaxanthias lividus Latreille, 1812
Cancer maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer maxillaris (Montagu, 1804)⇒ Gnathia maxillaris Montagu, 1804
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer productus Randall, 1840Red Cancer Crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Metacarcinus novaezelandiae Hombron & Ja..., 1846New Zealand Cancer Crab
Tealliocaris loudonensis Peach, 1908
Tealliocaris robusta Peach, 1908
Tealliocaris woodwardi Etheridge, 1877

Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in British Isles
SubfamilyCancrinae
Latreille, 1802
2
14
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