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Checklist for Superorder Eucarida Calman, 1904
and region Cape Breton County (Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
33
38
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
33
38
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
12
14
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Breton County
12 Families width 16 Species
Alpheidae (Rafinesque, 1815)Alpheid shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 19582SpeciesTaxom
Crangonidae Haworth, 1825Crangonid Shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Euphausiidae (Milne-Edwards, 1837)1SpeciesTaxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster1SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815Palaemonid Shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852Glass shrimps0SpeciesTaxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878Anemone shrimp0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Breton County
14 Genera with 16 Species
Alpheus Fabricius, 1927pistol shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 1840Cancer Crab3SpeciesTaxom
Carcinus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Chionoecetes Krøyer, 1788Snow crab1SpeciesTaxom
Crangon Fabricius, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Euphausia Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Homarus Weber, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Hyas Leach, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Libinia Leach, 1815Spider Crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Ovalipes Rathbun, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Pagurus Fabricius, 18173SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonetes Heller, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Pasiphaea Savigny, 1816
0SpeciesTaxom
Spirontocaris Bate, 1888
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Breton County
16 Species
Alpheus platycheirus (Boone, 1927)⇒ Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878
Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817)⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer productus Randall, 1840Red Cancer Crab
Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758Asian Shore Crab
Chionoecetes opilio Fabricius, 1788Atlantic snow crab
Crangon septemspinosa Say, 1818Bail Shrimp
Euphausia krohni (Brandt, 1851)⇒ Euphausia krohnii Brandt, 1851
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758Common lobster
Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815Arctic lyre crab
Libinia emarginata Leach, 1815Common Spider Crab
Ovalipes ocellatus Herbst, 1799Calico crab
Pagurus acadianus Benedict, 1901Acadian Hermit Crab
Pagurus bernhardus Linnaeus, 1758Common hermit crab
Pagurus longicarpus Say, 1817Long-armed hermit crab
Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis, 1949Daggerblade grass shrimp

Subnodes of Eucarida with occurrences in Cape Breton County
OrderDecapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Lobsters And Prawns, Prawns, Shrimp, Shrimps, Ten-Footed
11
13
15
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

OrderEuphausiacea
Dana, 1852
euphausiaceans, Euphausiid shrimps, Krill
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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