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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Oceania (Continents)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
507
3836
16565
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
502
3827
16544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
192
1775
9092
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
189
1764
9021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
179
1695
8603
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
101
987
3966
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
88
894
3684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
69
730
2947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
4
13
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Oceania
4 Families width 50 Species
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs27SpeciesTaxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 18198SpeciesTaxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893Horse crabs14SpeciesTaxom
Thiidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Oceania
13 Genera with 50 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab14SpeciesTaxom
Corystes Bosc, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Glebocarcinus Nations, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Gomeza Gray, 02SpeciesTaxom
Jonas Hombron & Ja..., 19335SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18534SpeciesTaxom
Platepistoma Rathbun, 19913SpeciesTaxom
Podocatactes Ortmann, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocorystes H. Milne Edw..., 18361SpeciesTaxom
Pteropeltarion Dell, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Romaleon Gistel, 19004SpeciesTaxom
Thia Leach, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 196811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Oceania
50 Species
Cancer bispinosus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Galene bispinosa Herbst, 1783
Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859Jonah crab
Cancer calappa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer carnifex (Herbst, 1794)⇒ Cardisoma carnifex Herbst, 1796
Cancer chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Guinusia chabrus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer fornicatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer homarus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Panulirus homarus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer neozelandicus
Cancer novaezealandiae Jacquinot, 1853Pie crust crab
Cancer novaezelandiae (Hombron & Ja..., 1846)⇒ Metacarcinus novaezelandiae Hombron & Ja..., 1846
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 amphioetus Rathbun, 1898Bigtooth Rock Crab
Glebocarcinus oregonensis Dana, 1852Oregon Cancer Crab
Gomeza bicornis Gray, 1831Masked Burrowing Crab
Gomeza sicornis
Jonas choprai Serène, 1971
Jonas distincta De Haan, 1885
Jonas distinctus De Haan, 1835
Jonas formosae Balss, 1922
Jonas leuteanus Ward, 1933
Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852Graceful Crab
Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852Californian Crab
Metacarcinus novaezelandiae Hombron & Ja..., 1846New Zealand Cancer Crab
Metacarcinus novazelandiae Jacquinot, 1853
Platepistoma balssii Zarenkov, 1990
Platepistoma macrophthalmum Rathbun, 1906
Platepistoma nanum Davie, 1991
Podocatactes delli Guinot, 1989
Pseudocorystes sicarius Poeppig, 1836
Pteropeltarion novaezelandiae Dell, 1972
Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856Brown rock crab
Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926
Romaleon gibbosulum De Haan, 1833
Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900
Thia simplex M. J. Rathbun, 1945
Trichopeltarion corallinum Faxon, 1893
Trichopeltarion dejouanneti Tavares & Cleva, 2010
Trichopeltarion elegans Guinot & Sakai, 1970
Trichopeltarion fantasticum Richardson &..., 1964
Trichopeltarion greggi R. Dell, 1969
Trichopeltarion janetae Ahyong, 2008
Trichopeltarion ovale Anderson, 1896
Trichopeltarion parvum Tavares & Cleva, 2010
Trichopeltarion timorense Stevcic, 1993
Trichopeltarion vanuatuensis Tavares & Cleva, 2010
Trichopeltarion wardi Dell, 1968

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Oceania
FamilyAtelecyclidae
Ortmann, 1893
Horse crabs
4
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
edible crabs, Rock crabs
5
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCorystidae
Samouelle, 1819
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThiidae
Dana, 1852
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