Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Caribbean islands (Caribbean)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 335
1468
3809 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 332
1463
3804 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 141
794
2375 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 139
788
2353 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 130
741
2205 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 63
423
997 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Caribbean islands
63 Families width 997 Species and 10 Subspecies #ACDEGHILMNOPRSTVXZ
| Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 | Horse crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Carcineretidae Beurlen, 1930 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 | Coral gall crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Cymonomidae Bouvier, 1897 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Dairidae Ng & Rodriguez, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 60 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Geryonidae Colosi, 1923 | Deepsea crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Glyptograpsidae Schubart, C..., 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Hepatidae Stimpson, 1871 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Hexapodidae Miers, 1886 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Inachoididae Dana, 1851 | | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858 | Longleg crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 37 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Mithracidae Balss, 1929 | | 51 | Species | Taxom | | Nanocassiopidae Števčić, 2013 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 47 | Species | Taxom | | Oregoniidae Garth, 1958 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paleoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 | Stilt crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 | Mud crabs | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllotymolinidae Tavares, 1998 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnoididae Guinot & Mac..., 1987 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 41 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 94 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocarcinidae Ng & Davie, 2020 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 1900 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudothelphusidae Ortmann, 1893 | | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 37 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1835 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tychidae (Dana, 1851) | Urn crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 114 | Species | Taxom | | Zanthopsidae Vía, 1959 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Caribbean islands
Links, sources and further information Brachyura at artfakta.se
Brachyura at biodiversity.org.au
Brachyura at dyntaxa.se
Brachyura at gbif.org
Brachyura at itis.gov
Brachyura at marinespecies.org
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