Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Lesser Antilles (Antilles)

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

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	115 257 382	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	115 257 382	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	78 198 303	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	78 198 303	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	71 182 278	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	34 88 112	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	31 83 104	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	23 58 76	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Lesser Antilles
2 Families width 2 Species

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

Genera for Lesser Antilles
2 Genera with 2 Species

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

Species list for Lesser Antilles
2 Species

Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Trichopeltarion nobile A. Milne-Edw..., 1880	Velvet horse crab

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Lesser Antilles

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