Cancer (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Cancer"

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image_width = 250px
image_caption =Edible crab, "Cancer pagurus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
infraordo = Brachyura
familia = Cancridae
genus = "Cancer"
genus_authority = Linnaeus, 1758
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "See text"

"Cancer" is a genus of marine crabs, including familiar crabs of the littoral zone, such as the Dungeness crab and the edible crab.

pecies

* "Cancer amphioetus" M. J. Rathbun, 1898
* "Cancer antennarius" Stimpson, 1856
* "Cancer anthonyi" M. J. Rathbun, 1897
* "Cancer borealis" Stimpson, 1859 — Jonah crab
* "Cancer branneri" M. J. Rathbun, 1926
* "Cancer ellanius" Linnaeus, 1758
* "Cancer gracilis" Dana, 1852
* "Cancer irroratus" Say, 1817
* "Cancer jordani" M. J. Rathbun, 1900
* "Cancer macrophthalmus" (M. J. Rathbun, 1906)
* "Cancer magister" Dana, 1852 — Dungeness crab
* "Cancer novaezealandiae" (Jacquinot, 1853) — pie crust crab
* "Cancer oregonensis" (Dana, 1852)
* "Cancer pagurus" Linnaeus, 1758 — edible crab
* "Cancer productus" J. W. Randall, 1840 — red rock crab
* "Cancer setosus"
* †"Cancer starri" Berglund & Goedert, 1996