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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
383
1636
4503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
379
1629
4494
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
172
792
2156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
171
787
2145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
155
737
2063
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
90
432
937
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
70
368
830
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
58
317
725
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
5
14
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Europe
5 Families width 32 Species
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893Horse crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs20SpeciesTaxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 18194SpeciesTaxom
Pirimelidae Alcock, 18992SpeciesTaxom
Thiidae Dana, 18523SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Europe
14 Genera with 32 Species
Atelecyclus Leach, 17832SpeciesTaxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 2003Cancer Crab13SpeciesTaxom
Corystes Bosc, 17772SpeciesTaxom
Glebocarcinus Nations, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Gomeza Gray, 18311SpeciesTaxom
Harenacorystes Van Bakel, J..., 2009
0SpeciesTaxom
Hebertides Guinot, De A..., 20071SpeciesTaxom
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edw..., 18522SpeciesTaxom
Pirimela Leach, 18081SpeciesTaxom
Romaleon Gistel, 19003SpeciesTaxom
Sirpus Gordon, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Tasadia Müller, 1984
0SpeciesTaxom
Thia Leach, 17933SpeciesTaxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 18961SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
32 Species
Atelecyclus rotundatus Olivi, 1792Circular crab
Atelecyclus undecimdentatus Herbst, 1783Toothed Circular Crab; Circular Crab
Cancer bellianus Johnson, 1861Toothed rock crab
Cancer gammarus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer meticuriensis Milne-Edwards, 1865
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer parvidens Collins & Fr..., 1991
Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer productus Randall, 1840Red Cancer Crab
Cancer punctatus (Herbst, 1783)⇒ Myra fugax Fabricius, 1798
Cancer punctulatus Desmarest, 1817
Cancer quadrilobatus Desmarest, 1817
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Cancer vancalsteri Van Bakel & al., 2003
Corystes cassivelanus (accepted as ..., 1777)⇒ Corystes cassivelaunus Pennant, 1777
Corystes cassivelaunus Pennant, 1777Helmet crab
Glebocarcinus amphioetus Rathbun, 1898Bigtooth Rock Crab
Glebocarcinus helveticus Fraaije & al., 2010
Gomeza bicornis Gray, 1831Masked Burrowing Crab
Hebertides jurassica Guinot & al., 2007
Metacarcinus gracilis Dana, 1852Graceful Crab
Metacarcinus magister Dana, 1852Californian Crab
Pirimela denticulata Montagu, 1808Toothed Crab
Romaleon antennarium Stimpson, 1856Brown rock crab
Romaleon branneri Rathbun, 1926
Romaleon jordani Rathbun, 1900
Sirpus zariquieyi Gordon, 1953
Thia polita (Leach, 1816)⇒ Thiinae scutellata Fabricius, 1793
Thia residua (Stebbing, 1893)⇒ Thia scutellata Fabricius, 1793
Thia scutellata Fabricius, 1793Polished crab
Trichopeltarion ovale Anderson, 1896

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in West Europe
FamilyAtelecyclidae
Ortmann, 1893
Horse crabs
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCancridae
Latreille, 1802
edible crabs, Rock crabs
5
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCorystidae
Samouelle, 1819
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPirimelidae
Alcock, 1899
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyThiidae
Dana, 1852
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