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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Queensland (East Australia, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
292
1325
3188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
290
1321
3183
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
129
724
1985
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
128
719
1972
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
118
682
1857
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
63
400
948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
56
368
913
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
39
292
739
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
2
7
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Queensland
2 Families width 11 Species
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 18193SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Queensland
7 Genera with 11 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab4SpeciesTaxom
Corystes Bosc, 17771SpeciesTaxom
Glebocarcinus Nations, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Gomeza Gray, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Jonas Hombron & Ja..., 19331SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18521SpeciesTaxom
Romaleon Gistel, 19002SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Queensland
11 Species
Cancer bispinosus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Galene bispinosa Herbst, 1783
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 oregonensis Dana, 1852Oregon Cancer Crab
Gomeza bicornis Gray, 1831Masked Burrowing Crab
Jonas leuteanus Ward, 1933
Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852Graceful Crab
Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926
Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Queensland
FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
edible crabs, Rock crabs
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCorystidae
Samouelle, 1819
3
3
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