Cancridae Explained
Cancridae is a family of crabs. It comprises six extant genera,[1] and ten exclusively fossil genera,[2] in two subfamilies:
Extant Genera
Cancrinae Latreille, 1802
Fossils
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.[3] Most of the family's current diversity is found in temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.[3]
External links
- Web site: Peter Davie . Michael Türkay . 2011 . Cancridae . .
Notes and References
- . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng . Danièle Guinot . Peter J. F. Davie . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
- . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
- Book: P. J. F. Davie . 2002 . Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura . Zoological Catalogue of Australia . 19 . . 978-0-643-06792-9 . Cancridae . 132–134 . https://books.google.com/books?id=jr9SR1Cr5BAC&pg=PA132.
