Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Cuba (Greater Antilles)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Cuba (Greater Antilles)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	195 579 1136	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	192 576 1133	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	102 369 809	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	100 364 795	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	92 326 706	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	45 181 340	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	37 160 304	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	29 129 233	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 2 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cuba
2 Families width 4 Species

Cancridae (Latreille, 1802)	Edible crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893	Horse crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Cuba
2 Genera with 4 Species

Cancer Linnaeus, 1767	Cancer Crab	3	Species	Taxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 1880		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cuba
4 Species

Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859	Jonah crab
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 Cuba

Family	Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 Horse crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Cancridae Latreille, 1802 edible crabs, Rock crabs	1 3	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