Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Gulf of Mexico (North America)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Gulf of Mexico (North America)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	221 714 1353	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	219 712 1348	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	94 368 795	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	93 366 791	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	86 338 737	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	45 208 431	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	38 188 395	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	28 153 308	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 2 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Gulf of Mexico
2 Families width 5 Species

Cancridae Latreille, 1802	Edible crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893	Horse crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Gulf of Mexico
2 Genera with 5 Species

Cancer Linnaeus, 1836	Cancer Crab	4	Species	Taxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 1880		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Gulf of Mexico
5 Species

Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859	Jonah crab
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)	⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab
Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Trichopeltarion nobile A. Milne-Edw..., 1880	Velvet horse crab

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Gulf of Mexico

Family	Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 Horse crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Cancridae Latreille, 1802 edible crabs, Rock crabs	1 4	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