Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Transcaucasia (Caucasus)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Transcaucasia (Caucasus)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	139 287 399	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	137 285 397	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	65 154 259	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	65 154 259	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	61 142 243	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	31 80 106	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	28 76 100	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	23 65 88	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 2 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Transcaucasia
2 Families width 4 Species

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

Genera for Transcaucasia
2 Genera with 4 Species

Atelecyclus Leach, 1792		1	Species	Taxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 1758	Cancer Crab	3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Transcaucasia
4 Species

Atelecyclus rotundatus Olivi, 1792	Circular crab
Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859	Jonah crab
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)	⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Transcaucasia

Family	Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 Horse crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Cancridae Latreille, 1802 edible crabs, Rock crabs	1 3	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