WoRMS taxon details
Cancridae Latreille, 1802
106749 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106749)
accepted
Family
- Subfamily Cancrinae Latreille, 1802
- Genus Anatolikos Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
- Genus Anisospinos Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000 †
- Genus Cancer Linnaeus, 1758
- Genus Ceronnectes De Angeli & Beschin, 1998 †
- Genus Glebocarcinus Nations, 1975
- Genus Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
- Genus Microdium Reuss, 1867 †
- Genus Mizuhocancer Karasawa in Karasawa & Takahashi, 2020 †
- Genus Notocarcinus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000 †
- Genus Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906
- Genus Romaleon Gistel, 1848
- Genus Santeecarcinus Blow & Manning, 1996 †
- Genus Sarahcarcinus Blow & Manning, 1996 †
- Genus Acanthodes De Haan, 1835 accepted as Hypothalassia Gistel, 1848
- Subfamily Lobocarcininae Buerlen, 1930 †
- Genus Cyclocancer Beurlen, 1958 † accepted as Hepatus Bosc, 1801 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Platycarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1834 accepted as Cancer Linnaeus, 1758 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Rama Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin, 2016 † accepted as Ramacarcinus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2017 † (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Genus Trichocarcinus Miers, 1879 accepted as Romaleon Gistel, 1848 (unnecessary replacement name)
- Genus Trichocera De Haan, 1833 accepted as Romaleon Gistel, 1848 (status change of junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Latreille, P.A. (1802-1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 14 vols.:413 pp., available online at http:// http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [details] 
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Latreille, P.A. (1802-1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 14 vols.:413 pp., available online at http:// http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
