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Checklist for Family Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (edible crabs)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
337
1830
5827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
335
1828
5824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
161
1152
4062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
159
1143
4017
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
148
1092
3833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
82
654
2031
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
72
593
1888
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
54
462
1516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
3
12
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs
7
33
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
7 Genera with 33 Species
Anatolikos Schweitzer &..., 19332SpeciesTaxom
Anisospinos Schweitzer &..., 19621SpeciesTaxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab21SpeciesTaxom
Glebocarcinus Nations, 20182SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18521SpeciesTaxom
Platepistoma Rathbun, 19923SpeciesTaxom
Romaleon Gistel, 19623SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
33 Species
Anatolikos japonicus Ortmann, 1893
Anatolikos tumifrons Yokoya, 1933
Anisospinos odosensis Imaizumi, 1962
Cancer amphioetus (M. J. Rathbun, 1898)⇒ Glebocarcinus amphioetus Rathbun, 1898
Cancer calappa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer fornicatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer fujinaensis Sakumoto, 1992
Cancer gibbosulus de Haan, 1835
Cancer gibesinus Rafinesque, 1814
Cancer homarus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Panulirus homarus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer izumoensis Sakumoto, Ka..., 1992
Cancer japonicus (Ortmann, 1893)⇒ Anatolikos japonicus Ortmann, 1893
Cancer longimanus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Parthenope longimanus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer magister (Dana, 1852)⇒ Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852
Cancer nadaensis Sakai, 1969
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer pygmaeus (Ortmann, 1893)⇒ Glebocarcinus amphioetus Rathbun, 1898
Cancer sakaii (Takeda & Miyake, 1972)⇒ Platepistoma anaglyptum Balss, 1922
Cancer sanbonsugi
Cancer sanbonsugii Imaizumi, 1962
Cancer squamosus (De Haan, 1835)⇒ Actumnus squamosus De Haan, 1835
Cancer tomowoi Karasawa, 1990
Cancer tumifrons (Yokoya, 1933)⇒ Anatolikos tumifrons Yokoya, 1933
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Glebocarcinus amphioetus Rathbun, 1898Bigtooth Rock Crab
Glebocarcinus kashini Marin, Maior..., 2018
Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852Californian Crab
Platepistoma anaglyptum Balss, 1922
Platepistoma imamurae Imaizumi, 1962
Platepistoma kaedei Karasawa, 1992
Romaleon gibbosulum De Haan, 1833
Romaleon nadaense Sakai, 1969
Romaleon sanbonsugii Imaizumi, 1962

Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in Japan
SubfamilyCancrinae
Latreille, 1802
7
33
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