Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Tonga (Polynesia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Tonga (Polynesia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	107 254 441	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	107 254 441	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	63 180 354	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	63 180 354	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	60 175 350	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	30 81 125	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	25 76 121	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	19 57 86	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Tonga
2 Families width 3 Species

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

Genera for Tonga
2 Genera with 3 Species

Cancer Linnaeus, 1767	Cancer Crab	2	Species	Taxom
Pseudocorystes H. Milne Edw..., 1836		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Tonga
3 Species

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Pseudocorystes sicarius Poeppig, 1836

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Tonga

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