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Family

Cancridae (Rock crabs)

Romaleon antennarium. Photo: (c) Donna Pomeroy, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

Cancridae is a family of crabs. It comprises six extant genera, and eleven exclusively fossil genera, in two subfamilies:

— Wikipedia

  • Humboldt Life
    • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
      • Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
        • Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
          • Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
            • Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
              • Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
                • Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
                  • Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
                    • Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
                      • Infraorder: Brachyura (True crabs)
                        • Zoosection: Eubrachyura (Eubrachyuran crabs)
                          • Zoosubsection: Heterotremata (Heterotrematan crabs)
                            • Superfamily: Cancroidea (Rock and horse crabs)
                              • Family: Cancridae (Rock crabs)
                                • Genus: Metacarcinus (3)
                                • Genus: Glebocarcinus (1)
                                • Genus: Romaleon (1)
                                • Genus: Cancer (Edible crabs) (1)

Subtaxa

Genus: Metacarcinus

Genus: Glebocarcinus

Genus: Romaleon

Genus: Cancer (Edible crabs)

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