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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
246
1090
2530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
245
1089
2527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
134
788
2104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
133
784
2097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
124
745
2006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
68
419
941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
59
382
895
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
44
315
758
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
3
5
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
3 Families width 10 Species
Cancridae (Latreille, 1802)Edible crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 18194SpeciesTaxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893Horse crabs2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
5 Genera with 10 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab4SpeciesTaxom
Gomeza Gray, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Jonas Hombron & Ja..., 19333SpeciesTaxom
Podocatactes Ortmann, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 19701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
10 Species
Cancer calappa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer fornicatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Gomeza bicornis Gray, 1831Masked Burrowing Crab
Jonas distincta De Haan, 1885
Jonas distinctus De Haan, 1835
Jonas leuteanus Ward, 1933
Podocatactes delli Guinot, 1989
Trichopeltarion elegans Guinot & Sakai, 1970

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
FamilyAtelecyclidae
Ortmann, 1893
Horse crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
edible crabs, Rock crabs
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCorystidae
Samouelle, 1819
2
4
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