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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region West Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
288
1145
2299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
285
1141
2298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
117
589
1409
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
116
584
1384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
108
551
1296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
56
317
689
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
48
281
648
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
34
236
540
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
3
4
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Australia
3 Families width 9 Species
Cancridae (Latreille, 1802)Edible crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 18193SpeciesTaxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893Horse crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Australia
4 Genera with 9 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Gomeza Gray, 02SpeciesTaxom
Jonas Hombron & Ja..., 19221SpeciesTaxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 20081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
9 Species
Cancer bispinosus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Galene bispinosa Herbst, 1783
Cancer calappa (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer fornicatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Gomeza bicornis Gray, 1831Masked Burrowing Crab
Gomeza sicornis
Jonas formosae Balss, 1922
Trichopeltarion janetae Ahyong, 2008

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in West Australia
FamilyAtelecyclidae
Ortmann, 1893
Horse crabs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
edible crabs, Rock crabs
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCorystidae
Samouelle, 1819
2
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