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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
266
1065
2839
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
265
1063
2831
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
133
651
1785
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
131
645
1761
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
118
600
1626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
61
342
835
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
54
315
790
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
42
248
636
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
2
4
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs
2
5
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Asia
2 Genera with 5 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab3SpeciesTaxom
Lobocarcinus Reuss, 18512SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Asia
5 Species
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Lobocarcinus paulinowuettemburgensis von Meyer, 1847
Lobocarcinus paulinowurtembergensis von Meyer, 1851

Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in West Asia
SubfamilyCancrinae
Latreille, 1802
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLobocarcininae
Beurlen, 1930
1
2
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