Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for South Shetland Islands (Antarctic Islands)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region South Shetland Islands (Antarctic Islands)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	124 277 421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	123 276 421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	32 59 76	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	31 58 75	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	30 57 74	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	15 27 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	15 27 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	12 22 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for South Shetland Islands
2 Families width 3 Species

Cancridae Latreille, 1802	Edible crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893	Horse crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for South Shetland Islands
3 Genera with 3 Species

Species list for South Shetland Islands
3 Species

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab
Glebocarcinus oregonensis Dana, 1852	Oregon Cancer Crab
Pseudocorystes sicarius Poeppig, 1836

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in South Shetland Islands

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