Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region East Africa (Africa)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 332
1657
4863 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 331
1655
4858 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 154
974
3257 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 151
965
3226 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 141
914
3064 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 77
534
1617 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 66
470
1498 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 52
376
1218 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
| 3
4
12 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for East Africa
3 Families width 12 Species
Genera for East Africa
4 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for East Africa
12 Species | Cancer calappa (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cancer contrarius (Herbst, 1804) | ⇒ Rhinolambrus contrarius Herbst, 1804 | | Cancer fornicatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cancer guezei (Crosnier, 1976) | ⇒ Platepistoma guezei Crosnier, 1976 | | Cancer homarus (Linnaeus, 1758) | ⇒ Panulirus homarus Linnaeus, 1758 | | Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown crab | | Cancer petraeus (Forsskål, 1775) | ⇒ Carpilius corallinus Herbst, 1783 | | Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763 | | Gomeza bicornis Gray, 1831 | Masked Burrowing Crab | | Platepistoma guezei Crosnier, 1976 | | | Platepistoma seychellense Davie, 1991 | | | Trichopeltarion crosnieri Guinot, 1986 | |
Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in East Africa
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
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