Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Central Venezuela (Venezuela)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 77
141
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 77
141
175 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 35
63
66 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 35
63
66 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 30
55
58 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 19
35
40 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Central Venezuela
19 Families width 40 Species | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae (Rafinesque, 1815) | Swimming Crab | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudothelphusidae Ortmann, 1893 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1835 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hepatidae Stimpson, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Mithracidae Balss, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Central Venezuela
35 Genera with 40 Species #ACDEFGHILMNOPRSU
| Acanthilia Galil, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Achelous De Haan, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arenaeus Dana, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calappa Weber, 1898 | Box crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Callinectes Stimpson, 1863 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cancer Linnaeus, 1758 | Cancer Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carpilius Leach, 1783 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coeloma A. Milne-Edw..., 1925 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dissodactylus Smith, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Eudaniela Pretzmann, 1971 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Forsteriana Ng & Low, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsus Lamarck, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hepatus Latreille, 1785 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Heteractaea Lockington, 1860 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iliacantha Stimpson, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Inachus Weber, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leiolambrus A. Milne-Edw..., 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptuca Bott, 1900 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lupella Rathbun, 1793 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microthelphusa Pretzmann, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Minuca Bott, 1870 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neopseudothelphusa Pretzmann, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nepinnotheres Manning, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypode Weber, 1787 | Ghost Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Omalacantha Streets, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Orthothelphusa Rodríguez, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnus Leach, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Pinnixa White, 1846 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Poppiana Bott, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunus Weber, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rodriguezus Campos & Mag..., 1919 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarma Say, 1817 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenocionops Desmarest, 1791 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenorhynchus Lamarck, 1788 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Uca Leach, 1782 | Fiddler crab | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Central Venezuela
40 Species | Acanthilia intermedia Miers, 1886 | Granulose purse crab | | Achelous spinicarpus Stimpson, 1871 | | | Arenaeus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818 | Speckled Crab | | Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758 | Giant Box Crab | | Calappa ocellata Holthuis, 1958 | Ocellate box crab | | Calappa sulcata Rathbun, 1898 | Yellow box crab | | Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edw..., 1879 | Blunt-tooth swimming crab | | Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863 | Ornate blue crab | | Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown crab | | Carpilius corallinus Herbst, 1783 | Batwing coral crab | | Coeloma macrodactylus Van Straelen, 1925 | | | Dissodactylus crinitichelis Moreira, 1901 | Seabiscuit pea crab | | Forsteriana venezuelensis Rathbun, 1905 | | | Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758 | Abuete negro | | Hepatus pudibundus Herbst, 1785 | Flecked box crab | | Heteractaea ceratopus Stimpson, 1860 | Horned Crab | | Iliacantha liodactylus Rathbun, 1898 | | | Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817 | | | Leiolambrus nitidus Rathbun, 1901 | White elbow crab | | Leptuca cumulanta Crane, 1943 | | | Leptuca leptodactyla Rathbun, 1898 | | | Leptuca thayeri Rathbun, 1900 | Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab | | Lupella forceps Fabricius, 1793 | | | Microthelphusa forcarti Pretzmann, 1967 | | | Minuca burgersi Holthuis, 1967 | | | Minuca rapax Smith, 1870 | Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab | | Neopseudothelphusa simoni Rathbun, 1905 | | | Nepinnotheres pinnotheres Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787 | Atlantic ghost crab | | Omalacantha bicornuta Latreille, 1825 | Speck-claw Decorator Crab | | Orthothelphusa roberti Bott, 1967 | | | Pilumnus dasypodus Kingsley, 1879 | Shortspine hairy crab | | Poppiana dentata Randall, 1840 | | | Portunus (Achelous) spinimanus (Latreille, 1819) | ⇒ Achelous spinimanus Latreille, 1819 | | Rodriguezus garmani Rathbun, 1898 | | | Rodriguezus iturbei Rathbun, 1919 | | | Sesarma reticulatum Say, 1817 | Heavy marsh crab | | Stenocionops furcatus Olivier, 1791 | Furcate spider crab | | Stenorhynchus seticornis Herbst, 1788 | Arrow crab | | Uca major Herbst, 1782 | |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Central Venezuela
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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