Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	37 56 59	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	37 56 59	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	24 37 43	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	23 35 42	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	23 35 42	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	16 27 34	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	14 22 26	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	11 16 18	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cape of Good Hope
2 Families width 2 Species

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

Genera for Cape of Good Hope
2 Genera with 2 Species

Atelecyclus Leach, 1783		1	Species	Taxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 1758	Cancer Crab	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cape of Good Hope
2 Species

Atelecyclus undecimdentatus Herbst, 1783	Toothed Circular Crab; Circular Crab
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope

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