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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
333
2050
7551
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
332
2049
7550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
158
1290
5820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
156
1282
5779
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
147
1225
5428
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
85
758
2958
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
77
699
2828
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
61
563
2066
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
3
10
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs
5
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southeast Asia
5 Genera with 17 Species
Anatolikos Schweitzer &..., 18931SpeciesTaxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab12SpeciesTaxom
Lobocarcinus Reuss, 19981SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18521SpeciesTaxom
Romaleon Gistel, 19832SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southeast Asia
17 Species
Anatolikos japonicus Ortmann, 1893
Cancer bispinosus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Galene bispinosa Herbst, 1783
Cancer calappa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer fornicatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer integerrimus (Lamarck, 1818)⇒ Atergatis integerrimus Lamarck, 1818
Cancer japonicus (Ortmann, 1893)⇒ Anatolikos japonicus Ortmann, 1893
Cancer longipes (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Processa acutirostris Nouvel & Hol..., 1957
Cancer lunaris (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798
Cancer luzonense (Sakai, 1983)⇒ Romaleon luzonense Sakai, 1983
Cancer maculatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Carpilius maculatus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer porteri Rathbun, 1930
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Lobocarcinus pentanodosus Collins & Ba..., 1998
Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852Californian Crab
Romaleon gibbosulum De Haan, 1833
Romaleon luzonense Sakai, 1983

Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in Southeast Asia
SubfamilyCancrinae
Latreille, 1802
4
16
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