Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Leeward Islands (Antilles)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Leeward Islands (Antilles)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	223 783 1581	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	222 781 1579	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	109 505 1163	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	109 505 1163	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	102 479 1106	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	49 273 508	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	42 247 471	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	33 214 402	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Leeward Islands
2 Families width 4 Species

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

Genera for Leeward Islands
3 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Leeward Islands
4 Species

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Platepistoma macrophthalmum Rathbun, 1906
Trichopeltarion nobile A. Milne-Edw..., 1880	Velvet horse crab

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Leeward Islands

Family	Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 Horse crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Cancridae Latreille, 1802 edible crabs, Rock crabs	2 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