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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region East Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
367
1854
5169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
365
1849
5159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
139
840
2581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
138
834
2561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
128
794
2416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
68
464
1192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
60
422
1133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
43
331
914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
2
7
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Australia
2 Families width 14 Species
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs11SpeciesTaxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 18193SpeciesTaxom


Genera for East Australia
7 Genera with 14 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab6SpeciesTaxom
Corystes Bosc, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Glebocarcinus Nations, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Gomeza Gray, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Jonas Hombron & Ja..., 19331SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18462SpeciesTaxom
Romaleon Gistel, 19002SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Australia
14 Species
Cancer bispinosus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Galene bispinosa Herbst, 1783
Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859Jonah crab
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer productus Randall, 1840Red Cancer Crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Corystes cassivelaunus Pennant, 1777Helmet crab
Glebocarcinus oregonensis Dana, 1852Oregon Cancer Crab
Gomeza bicornis Gray, 1831Masked Burrowing Crab
Jonas leuteanus Ward, 1933
Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852Graceful Crab
Metacarcinus novaezelandiae Hombron & Ja..., 1846New Zealand Cancer Crab
Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926
Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in East Australia
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
edible crabs, Rock crabs
4
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCorystidae
Samouelle, 1819
3
3
Genera
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