Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Sierra Leone (West Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Sierra Leone (West Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	101 221 336	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	101 221 336	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	68 169 261	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	68 169 261	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	62 152 231	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	35 91 136	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	32 86 129	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	26 68 99	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	3 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Sierra Leone
3 Families width 6 Species

Genera for Sierra Leone
3 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Sierra Leone
6 Species

Atelecyclus rotundatus Olivi, 1792	Circular crab
Atelecyclus undecimdentatus Herbst, 1783	Toothed Circular Crab; Circular Crab
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Thia polita (Leach, 1816)	⇒ Thiinae scutellata Fabricius, 1793
Thia scutellata Fabricius, 1793	Polished crab

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Sierra Leone

Family	Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 Horse crabs	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Cancridae Latreille, 1802 edible crabs, Rock crabs	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Thiidae Dana, 1852	1 2	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