Category:Cancer (Brachyura)

**Cancer**
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Common name
	العربية: سرطان; مصرى: سرطان; asturianu: Cancer‎; Ελληνικά: Κάρκινος; Esperanto: Kancero; estremeñu: Cancer‎; 日本語: イチョウガニ属; norsk nynorsk: Dyreslekta Cancer; ߒߞߏ: ߥߊ߲߬ߞߏ߲; slovenščina: žepasta rakovica; 中文: 黃道蟹屬; 中文（中国大陆）: 黄道蟹属; 中文（臺灣）: 黃道蟹屬;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Eumetazoa
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Infrakingdom	Protostomia
Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	Crustacea
Superclass	Multicrustacea
Class	Malacostraca
Subclass	Eumalacostraca
Superorder	Eucarida
Order	Decapoda
Suborder	Pleocyemata
Infraorder	Brachyura
Section	Eubrachyura
Subsection	Heterotremata
Superfamily	Cancroidea
Family	Cancridae
Genus	Cancer
Taxon author	Carl Linnaeus, 1758
Authority file
	Q428243; Library of Congress Authorities ID: sh95000384; J9U entity ID: 987007530228405171; NCBI taxonomy ID: 6754; ITIS TSN: 98671; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 46505904; Fossilworks taxon ID: 22355; GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 2204488; WoRMS-ID for taxa: 106876; ZooBank ID for name or act: 6164012F-55D2-4D08-A871-A70A8EB3B7CE; Plazi ID: 8FA35B61-EFC0-C3D9-F289-D15B61CF2DBF; BugGuide taxon ID: 354769; EPPO Code: 1CANCG; iNaturalist taxon ID: 47827; NBN System Key: NBNSYS0000174333; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 5094; ADW taxon ID: Cancer; IRMNG ID: 1197255
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Included species (for ITIS, 8 January 2013):

C. amphioetus, C. antennarius, C. anthonyi, C. bellanius, C. borealis, C. branneri, C. gracilis, C. irroratus, C. jordani, C. macrophthalmus, C. magister, C. oregonensis, C. pagurus, C. productus

Included species (for WoRMS, 8 January 2013):

C. bellianus, C. bispinosus, C. borealis, C. gibbulosus, C. irroratus, C. johngarthi, C. laevis, C. mytilorum, C. mytulorum, C. novaezealandiae, C. pagurus, C. plebejus, C. porteri, C. productus