Checklist for Family Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (edible crabs)
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 296
1339
3460 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 295
1337
3457 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 146
852
2513 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 143
844
2486 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 133
801
2376 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 72
469
1255 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 61
417
1165 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 47
339
952 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
| 2
3
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs | 2
9 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Indian Ocean islands
2 Genera with 9 Species
Species list for Indian Ocean islands
9 Species | Cancer calappa (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cancer contrarius (Herbst, 1804) | ⇒ Rhinolambrus contrarius Herbst, 1804 | | Cancer fornicatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cancer guezei (Crosnier, 1976) | ⇒ Platepistoma guezei Crosnier, 1976 | | Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown crab | | Cancer petraeus (Forsskål, 1775) | ⇒ Carpilius corallinus Herbst, 1783 | | Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763 | | Platepistoma guezei Crosnier, 1976 | | | Platepistoma seychellense Davie, 1991 | |
Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in Indian Ocean islands
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
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