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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
375
1949
5357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
372
1943
5351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
149
943
3174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
146
934
3122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
137
888
2974
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
73
483
1332
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
61
437
1247
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
46
346
1002
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
2
8
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Polynesia
2 Families width 27 Species
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs21SpeciesTaxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893Horse crabs6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Polynesia
8 Genera with 27 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab11SpeciesTaxom
Glebocarcinus Nations, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18534SpeciesTaxom
Platepistoma Rathbun, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocorystes H. Milne Edw..., 18361SpeciesTaxom
Pteropeltarion Dell, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Romaleon Gistel, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 18964SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
27 Species
Cancer bispinosus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Galene bispinosa Herbst, 1783
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 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
Glebocarcinus amphioetus Rathbun, 1898Bigtooth Rock Crab
Glebocarcinus oregonensis Dana, 1852Oregon Cancer Crab
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
Pseudocorystes sicarius Poeppig, 1836
Pteropeltarion novaezelandiae Dell, 1972
Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926
Romaleon gibbosulum De Haan, 1833
Trichopeltarion fantasticum Richardson &..., 1964
Trichopeltarion greggi R. Dell, 1969
Trichopeltarion janetae Ahyong, 2008
Trichopeltarion ovale Anderson, 1896

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Polynesia
FamilyAtelecyclidae
Ortmann, 1893
Horse crabs
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
edible crabs, Rock crabs
5
21
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