Species list, Checklist of Family Cancridae (edible crabs) for New South Wales (East Australia, Australia)

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Checklist for Family Cancridae Latreille, 1802 (edible crabs)
and region New South Wales (East Australia, Australia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	288 1098 2347	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	286 1094 2342	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	111 455 1033	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	110 450 1021	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	101 419 944	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	49 242 468	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	43 217 439	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	31 169 347	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 4 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Cancridae Latreille, 1802 Edible crabs, Rock crabs	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for New South Wales
2 Genera with 5 Species

Cancer Linnaeus, 1767	Cancer Crab	4	Species	Taxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 1846		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for New South Wales
5 Species

Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859	Jonah crab
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)	⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Metacarcinus novaezelandiae Hombron & Ja..., 1846	New Zealand Cancer Crab

Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in New South Wales

Subfamily

Cancrinae
Latreille, 1802

2
5

Genera
Species

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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