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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
383
1636
4503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
379
1629
4494
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
172
792
2156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
171
787
2145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
155
737
2063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
90
432
937
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
70
368
830
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
58
317
725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
5
14
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
Edible crabs, Rock crabs
5
20
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Europe
5 Genera with 20 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 2003Cancer Crab13SpeciesTaxom
Glebocarcinus Nations, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18522SpeciesTaxom
Romaleon Gistel, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Tasadia Müller, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
20 Species
Cancer bellianus Johnson, 1861Toothed rock crab
Cancer gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer meticuriensis Milne-Edwards, 1865
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer parvidens Collins & Fr..., 1991
Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer productus Randall, 1840Red Cancer Crab
Cancer punctatus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Myra fugax Fabricius, 1798
Cancer punctulatus Desmarest, 1817
Cancer quadrilobatus Desmarest, 1817
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Cancer vancalsteri Van Bakel & al., 2003
Glebocarcinus amphioetus Rathbun, 1898Bigtooth Rock Crab
Glebocarcinus helveticus Fraaije & al., 2010
Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852Graceful Crab
Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852Californian Crab
Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856Brown rock crab
Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926
Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900

Subnodes of Cancridae with occurrences in West Europe
SubfamilyCancrinae
Latreille, 1802
4
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLobocarcininae
Beurlen, 1930
1
0
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