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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
369
1445
4451
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
365
1439
4433
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
155
584
1434
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
153
574
1392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
139
519
1277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
75
277
586
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
61
239
529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
51
203
462
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
5
10
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs
3
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South Europe
3 Genera with 20 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab18SpeciesTaxom
Lobocarcinus Reuss, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Platepistoma Rathbun, 19901SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Europe
20 Species
Cancer balssii (Zarenkov, 1990)⇒ Platepistoma balssii Zarenkov, 1990
Cancer belliamus
Cancer bellianus Johnson, 1861Toothed rock crab
Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859Jonah crab
Cancer hirtellus (Linnaeus, 1761)⇒ Pilumnus hirtellus Linnaeus, 1761
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer maenas (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer manas
Cancer norvegicus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Nephrops norvegicus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer poressa (Olivi, 1792)⇒ Xantho poressa Olivi, 1792
Cancer punctatus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Myra fugax Fabricius, 1798
Cancer punctulatus Desmarest, 1817
Cancer rivulosus Risso, 1816
Cancer rotundatus (Olivi, 1792)⇒ Atelecyclus rotundatus Olivi, 1792
Cancer sismondae Von Meyer, 1843
Cancer spinifrons (Herbst, 1785)⇒ Eriphia verrucosa Forsskål, 1775
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Lobocarcinus sismondai von Meyer, 1859
Platepistoma balssii Zarenkov, 1990

Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in South Europe
SubfamilyCancrinae
Latreille, 1802
2
19
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