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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
273
1230
3979
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
272
1229
3976
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
131
717
2647
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
130
714
2644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
121
669
2485
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
66
431
1277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
60
403
1223
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
45
321
952
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
3
6
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs
3
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Asia
3 Genera with 7 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Lobocarcinus Reuss, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Platepistoma Rathbun, 19901SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Asia
7 Species
Cancer balssii (Zarenkov, 1990)⇒ Platepistoma balssii Zarenkov, 1990
Cancer bispinosus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Galene bispinosa Herbst, 1783
Cancer hexapus Linnaeus, 1767
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Lobocarcinus indicus Glaessner, 1933
Platepistoma balssii Zarenkov, 1990

Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in South Asia
SubfamilyCancrinae
Latreille, 1802
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLobocarcininae
Beurlen, 1930
1
1
Genus
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