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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Pacific Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
355
1779
4768
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
352
1773
4760
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
144
885
2847
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
141
874
2795
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
131
817
2563
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
64
397
853
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
58
360
807
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
43
294
652
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
3
8
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Pacific Ocean
3 Families width 27 Species
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs22SpeciesTaxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 18192SpeciesTaxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893Horse crabs3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Pacific Ocean
8 Genera with 27 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab16SpeciesTaxom
Glebocarcinus Nations, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Gomeza Gray, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Jonas Hombron & Ja..., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18524SpeciesTaxom
Platepistoma Rathbun, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Pteropeltarion Dell, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 20082SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pacific Ocean
27 Species
Cancer (Trichocarcinus) oregonensis (Dana, 1852)⇒ Glebocarcinus oregonensis Dana, 1852
Cancer amphioetus (M. J. Rathbun, 1898)⇒ Glebocarcinus amphioetus Rathbun, 1898
Cancer antennarius (Stimpson, 1856)⇒ Bathynectes muelleri Ossó & Stale..., 2011
Cancer anthonyi (Rathbun, 1897)⇒ Metacarcinus anthonyi Rathbun, 1897
Cancer bispinosus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Galene bispinosa Herbst, 1783
Cancer branneri (M. J. Rathbun, 1926)⇒ Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926
Cancer chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Guinusia chabrus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer gracilis (Dana, 1852)⇒ Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852
Cancer homarus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Panulirus homarus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer johngarthi Carvacho, 1989
Cancer jordani (M. J. Rathbun, 1900)⇒ Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900
Cancer magister (Dana, 1852)⇒ Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Portunus pelagicus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer productus Randall, 1840Red Cancer Crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Glebocarcinus oregonensis Dana, 1852Oregon Cancer Crab
Gomeza bicornis Gray, 1831Masked Burrowing Crab
Jonas formosae Balss, 1922
Metacarcinus anthonyi Rathbun, 1897Yellow Crab
Metacarcinus edwardsii Bell, 1835
Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852Graceful Crab
Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852Californian Crab
Platepistoma nanum Davie, 1991
Pteropeltarion novaezelandiae Dell, 1972
Trichopeltarion fantasticum Richardson &..., 1964
Trichopeltarion janetae Ahyong, 2008

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Pacific Ocean
FamilyAtelecyclidae
Ortmann, 1893
Horse crabs
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
edible crabs, Rock crabs
4
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCorystidae
Samouelle, 1819
2
2
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