Cancridae

{{Short description|Family of crabs}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Cancer pagurus.jpg

| image_caption = Cancer pagurus

| taxon = Cancridae

| authority = Latreille, 1802 

| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies

| subdivision =

  • Cancrinae Latreille, 1802
  • Lobocarcininae Beurlen, 1930

}}

Cancridae is a family of crabs. It comprises six extant genera,{{cite journal|journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2008 |volume=17 |pages=1–286 |title=Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world |author1=Peter K. L. Ng |author2=Danièle Guinot |author3=Peter J. F. Davie |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-06 }} and ten exclusively fossil genera,{{cite journal|journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2009 |volume=Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title=A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |archive-date=2011-06-06 }} in two subfamilies:

Extant Genera

Cancrinae Latreille, 1802

=Fossils=

Cancrinae Latreille, 1802

Lobocarcininae Beurlen, 1930

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.{{cite book |author=P. J. F. Davie |year=2002 |title=Crustacea: Malocostraca: Eucarida (Part 2), Decapoda: Anomura, Brachyura |series=Zoological Catalogue of Australia |volume=19 |publisher=CSIRO Publishing |isbn=978-0-643-06792-9 |chapter=Cancridae |pages=132–134 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jr9SR1Cr5BAC&pg=PA132}} Most of the family's current diversity is found in temperate waters of the Northern Hemisphere.

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