Carcinidae MacLeay, 1838

González, José A., 2018, Checklists of Crustacea Decapoda from the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, with an assessment of Macaronesian and Cape Verde biogeographic marine ecoregions, Zootaxa 4413 (3), pp. 401-448 : 426

Carcinidae MacLeay, 1838

Carcinus aestuarii Nardo, 1847 —CNI? Heller (1863, as C. maenas ); 10 m; doubtful (see González 2016)—

Benthic, 1– 26 m. COSM. Carcinus maenas (Linnaeus, 1758) —CNI Heller (1863); depth unknown; doubtful (see González 2016)—

Benthic, 0– 60 m. EACT. Portumnus latipes (Pennant, 1777) —CNI Santaella (1973); 0–3 m—Benthic, 0– 30 m. ATLM. Xaiva biguttata (Risso, 1816) —CVI A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier (1900, as Portumnus biguttatus ); littoral—

Benthic, 1– 10 m. EAWT. Xaiva mcleayi (Barnard, 1947) —CNI Moro et al. (2014); 4 m—Benthic, 8–73 m. TSEA .