Checklist for Family Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (edible crabs)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 336
1958
6058 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 334
1955
6050 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 158
1273
4744 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 157
1265
4714 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 147
1207
4462 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 82
706
1997 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 72
634
1845 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 57
515
1487 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
| 4
9
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Cancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs | 4
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Melanesia
4 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Melanesia
12 Species | Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859 | Jonah crab | | Cancer calappa (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cancer fornicatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cancer homarus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Panulirus homarus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817) | ⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836 | | Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown crab | | Cancer productus Randall, 1840 | Red Cancer Crab | | Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763 | | Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852 | Graceful Crab | | Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852 | Californian Crab | | Platepistoma nanum Davie, 1991 | | | Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856 | Brown rock crab |
Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in Melanesia
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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