Cancridae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s. It comprises six extant genera,
and ten exclusively fossil genera,
in two subfamilies:
Extant Genera
Cancrinae
Latreille, 1802
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Anatolikos''
Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
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''Cancer'' Linnaeus, 1758
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Glebocarcinus
''Glebocarcinus'' is a genus of crabs formerly included in the genus ''Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tum ...
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Nations, 1975
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Metacarcinus''
A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
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Platepistoma''
Rathbun, 1906
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Romaleon''
Gistel, 1848
Fossils
Cancrinae
Latreille, 1802
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Anisospinos''
Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
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Ceronnectes''
De Angeli & Beschin, 1998
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Cyclocancer''
Beurlen, 1958
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Microdium''
Reuss, 1867
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Notocarcinus''
Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2000
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Santeecarcinus''
Blow & Manning, 1996
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Sarahcarcinus''
Blow & Manning, 1996
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Lobocarcininae Beurlen, 1930
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Lobocarcinus''
Reuss, 1857
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Miocyclus''
Müller, 1978
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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
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.
References
External links
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Cancroidea
Decapod families
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