Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Vanuatu (Melanesia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Vanuatu (Melanesia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	109 351 740	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	109 351 740	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	90 316 704	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	90 316 704	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	86 305 692	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	46 142 205	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	40 126 189	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	27 95 144	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Vanuatu
2 Families width 3 Species

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

Genera for Vanuatu
2 Genera with 3 Species

Cancer Linnaeus, 1767	Cancer Crab	2	Species	Taxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 2010		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Vanuatu
3 Species

Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758	Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)	⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Trichopeltarion vanuatuensis Tavares & Cleva, 2010

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Vanuatu

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