Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Belize (Central America)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Belize (Central America)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	147 373 673	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	145 371 671	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	77 225 438	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	77 225 438	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	72 208 411	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	32 105 171	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	28 99 165	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	20 76 128	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Belize
2 Families width 3 Species

Cancridae (Latreille, 1802)	Edible crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893	Horse crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Belize
2 Genera with 3 Species

Cancer Linnaeus, 1767	Cancer Crab	2	Species	Taxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 1880		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Belize
3 Species

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Trichopeltarion nobile A. Milne-Edw..., 1880	Velvet horse crab

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Belize

Family	Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 Horse crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Cancridae Latreille, 1802 edible crabs, Rock crabs	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Cancroidea at artfakta.se
Cancroidea at biodiversity.org.au
Cancroidea at dyntaxa.se
Cancroidea at itis.gov
Cancroidea at marinespecies.org