Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for South Island (New Zealand)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region South Island (New Zealand)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	140 261 307	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	138 259 306	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	52 96 116	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	51 95 115	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	48 91 109	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	23 47 50	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	21 44 48	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	15 34 38	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for South Island
2 Families width 4 Species

Cancridae Latreille, 1802	Edible crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893	Horse crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for South Island
4 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for South Island
4 Species

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab
Glebocarcinus oregonensis Dana, 1852	Oregon Cancer Crab
Metacarcinus novaezelandiae Hombron & Ja..., 1846	New Zealand Cancer Crab
Pteropeltarion novaezelandiae Dell, 1972

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in South Island

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