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Checklist for Family Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (edible crabs)
and region Central America (America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
283
1069
2864
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
281
1067
2861
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
126
612
2065
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
125
606
2049
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
118
564
1914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
60
319
870
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
52
298
835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
41
245
614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
2
4
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Central America
3 Genera with 7 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18521SpeciesTaxom
Romaleon Gistel, 19001SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Central America
7 Species
Cancer johngarthi Carvacho, 1989
Cancer longipes (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Processa acutirostris Nouvel & Hol..., 1957
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer porteri Rathbun, 1930
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852Graceful Crab
Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900

Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in Central America
SubfamilyCancrinae
Latreille, 1802
3
7
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