Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Cancroidea for Western Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)

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Checklist for Superfamily Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Western Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	144 584 1678	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	143 583 1677	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	116 527 1573	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	114 524 1570	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	106 479 1467	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	43 182 381	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	36 165 358	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	26 129 275	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Western Atlantic Ocean
2 Families width 3 Species

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

Genera for Western Atlantic Ocean
2 Genera with 3 Species

Cancer Linnaeus, 1817	Cancer Crab	2	Species	Taxom
Trichopeltarion A. Milne-Edw..., 1880		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Western Atlantic Ocean
3 Species

Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859	Jonah crab
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)	⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Trichopeltarion nobile A. Milne-Edw..., 1880	Velvet horse crab

Subnodes of Cancroidea with occurrences in Western Atlantic Ocean

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