NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Cancridae
  Superfamily - Cancroidea
  Infraorder - Brachyura
  Suborder - Pleocyemata
  Order - Decapoda
  Superorder - Eucarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Cancer productus
      Species - Cancer antennarius
      Species - Cancer branneri
      Species - Cancer magister
      Species - Cancer gracilis
      Species - Cancer oregonensis
      Species - Cancer borealis
      Species - Cancer irroratus
      Species - Cancer anthonyi
      Species - Cancer pagurus
      Species - Cancer bellanius
      Species - Cancer jordani
      Species - Cancer amphioetus
      Species - Cancer macrophthalmus