Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Arthropoda - (Class) Malacostraca - (Order) Decapoda - (Family) Cancridae

Original position

Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758

Original entries

Brachyuri ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1758
Macrouri ([unranked]) Linnaeus, 1758

Current position

Cancridae (Family) Latreille, 1802

Ref: M. Türkay, 2001: 291.

Alternative positions

Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: [von] Linné, C., 1767: 1038.
Cancridae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990

Historical positions

Cancridae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: M. Türkay, 2001: 291.
Brachyura (Infraorder) Latreille, 1802	Ref: R.C. Brusca & G.J. Brusca, 1990
Cancridae (Family) Latreille, 1802	Ref: L.G. Abele & B.E. Felgenhauer, 1982: 322.
Decapoda (Order) Latreille, 1802	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979: 561. [rough position]
Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. a Linné, 1767: 360[540], 1038.
Aptera (Order) Linnaeus, 1758	Ref: C. Linnaeus, 1758: 344, 625.

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	3s
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	22s
1982	L.G. Abele & B.E. Felgenhauer: 322	22s
1758	C. Linnaeus	[59s]