Genus

Cancer (Edible crabs)

Cancer productus. Photo: (c) Zach Hawn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

Cancer is a genus of marine crabs in the family Cancridae. It includes eight extant species and three extinct species, including familiar crabs of the littoral zone, such as the European edible crab (Cancer pagurus), the Jonah crab (Cancer borealis) and the red rock crab (Cancer productus). It is thought to have evolved from related genera in the Pacific Ocean in the Miocene.

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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: Cancer (Edible crabs)
        Species: Cancer productus (Red rock crab)

Subtaxa

Species: Cancer productus (Red rock crab)

Genus

Cancer (Edible crabs)

Subtaxa

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