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Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region Malpeque Bay (Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
4
4
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
4
4
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
3
3
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
3
3
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
3
3
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Malpeque Bay
3 Families width 4 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cancridae (Latreille, 1802)Edible crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802Crawfish1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Malpeque Bay
3 Genera with 4 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1817Cancer Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Pagurus Fabricius, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Panulirus White, 17581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Malpeque Bay
4 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859Jonah crab
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Pagurus pollicaris Say, 1817Broad-clawed hermit crab
Panulirus homarus homarus Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in Malpeque Bay
InfraorderAnomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Hermit crabs and porcelain crabs, Mud shrimps
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderBrachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderPalinura
Scholtz & Richter, 1995
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Pleocyemata at artfakta.se
Pleocyemata at biodiversity.org.au
Pleocyemata at dyntaxa.se
Pleocyemata at itis.gov
Pleocyemata at marinespecies.org