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
- Anatolikos Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
- Cancer Linnaeus, 1758
- Glebocarcinus Nations, 1975
- Metacarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
- Platepistoma Rathbun, 1906
- Romaleon Gistel, 1848
=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.{{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.
References
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External links
- {{cite web |author1=Peter Davie |author2=Michael Türkay |year=2011 |title=Cancridae |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106749}}
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