Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Mozambique (East Africa)

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

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	168 564 1021	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	168 564 1021	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	96 406 812	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	95 404 810	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	87 370 741	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	48 228 401	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	40 194 360	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	28 154 270	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Mozambique
2 Families width 4 Species

Cancridae Latreille, 1802	Edible crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 1819		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Mozambique
3 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Mozambique
4 Species

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Gomeza bicornis Gray, 1831	Masked Burrowing Crab
Platepistoma guezei Crosnier, 1976

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Mozambique

Family	Cancridae Latreille, 1802 edible crabs, Rock crabs	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Corystidae Samouelle, 1819	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