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Checklist for Section Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980
and region Nags Head (Dare County, North Carolina, USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
12
15
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
12
15
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
9
12
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
8
11
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
7
10
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
4
6
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
4
6
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Nags Head
4 Families width 8 Species
Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838Elbow crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Cancridae (Latreille, 1802)Edible crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18531SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Nags Head
6 Genera with 8 Species
Agolambrus S. H. Tan & Ng, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Bathynectes Manning & Ho..., 18392SpeciesTaxom
Callinectes Stimpson, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 1817Cancer Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Hemigrapsus Dana, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18502SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Nags Head
8 Species
Agolambrus agonus Stimpson, 1871
Bathynectes longispina Stimpson, 1871Bathyal swimming crab
Bathynectes maravigna Prestandrea, 1839
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896American blue crab
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Hemigrapsus sanguineus De Haan, 1835Asian shore crab
Portunus (Portunus) anceps de Saussure, 1857Delicate swimming crab
Portunus (Portunus) sayi Gibbes, 1850Sargassum Crab

Subnodes of Eubrachyura with occurrences in Nags Head
SubsectionHeterotremata
Guinot, 1977
3
5
7
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubsectionThoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eubrachyura at artfakta.se
Eubrachyura at biodiversity.org.au
Eubrachyura at marinespecies.org