Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Otago (South Island, New Zealand)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Otago (South Island, New Zealand)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	47 62 66	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	47 62 66	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	25 35 43	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	24 34 42	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	23 33 41	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	9 15 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	9 15 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	6 10 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Otago
2 Families width 2 Species

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

Genera for Otago
2 Genera with 2 Species

Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 1846		1	Species	Taxom
Pteropeltarion Dell, 1972		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Otago
2 Species

Metacarcinus novaezelandiae Hombron & Ja..., 1846	New Zealand Cancer Crab
Pteropeltarion novaezelandiae Dell, 1972

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Otago

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