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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region South England (England, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
189
479
829
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
186
471
820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
79
206
394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
78
204
392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
76
199
387
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
45
116
207
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
102
189
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
28
76
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
4
5
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South England
4 Families width 9 Species
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893Horse crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 18192SpeciesTaxom
Pirimelidae Alcock, 18991SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South England
5 Genera with 9 Species
Atelecyclus Leach, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 1758Cancer Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Corystes Bosc, 17772SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18461SpeciesTaxom
Pirimela Leach, 18081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South England
9 Species
Atelecyclus heterodon (Leach, 1815)⇒ Atelecyclus rotundatus Olivi, 1792
Atelecyclus rotundatus Olivi, 1792Circular crab
Atelecyclus septemdentatus White, 1857
Cancer (Scilarus) tuberculatus (Herbst, 1785)⇒ Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Corystes cassivelannus
Corystes cassivelaunus Pennant, 1777Helmet crab
Metacarcinus novaezelandiae Hombron & Ja..., 1846New Zealand Cancer Crab
Pirimela denticulata Montagu, 1808Toothed Crab

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in South England
FamilyAtelecyclidae
Ortmann, 1893
Horse crabs
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
edible crabs, Rock crabs
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCorystidae
Samouelle, 1819
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPirimelidae
Alcock, 1899
1
1
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