• Source: Cancridae

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




Extant Genera


Cancrinae Latreille, 1802

Anatolikos Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
Cancer Linnaeus, 1758
Glebocarcinus Nations, 1975
Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906
Romaleon Gistel, 1848




= Fossils

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Cancrinae Latreille, 1802

†Anisospinos Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
†Ceronnectes De Angeli & Beschin, 1998
†Cyclocancer Beurlen, 1958
†Microdium Reuss, 1867
†Notocarcinus Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
†Santeecarcinus Blow & Manning, 1996
†Sarahcarcinus Blow & Manning, 1996
†Lobocarcininae Beurlen, 1930

†Lobocarcinus Reuss, 1857
†Miocyclus Müller, 1978
†Nicoliscarcinus Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin, 2016
†Ramacarcinus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2017
†Tasadia Müller in Janssen & Müller, 1984
Until 2000, the extant species were all classified in genus Cancer. After an analysis of new fossil material, the subgenera were elevated to the rank of genus, and three new genera were erected. Most of the family's current diversity is found in temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.




References






External links


Peter Davie; Michael Türkay (2011). "Cancridae". World Register of Marine Species.

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Cancer pagurus
• Cancridae
• Metacarcinus minutoserratus
• Cancer (genus)
• Cancer pagurus
• Crab
• Dungeness crab
• Jonah crab
• Leopard shark
• Cancer irroratus
• Lobocarcinus sismondai