Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs) and region Cosmoledo Atoll (Aldabra Group, Seychelles)
Class | Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 22 41 56 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Subclass | Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892
| 22 41 56 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Superorder | Eucarida Calman, 1904
| 18 37 52 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Order | Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 18 37 52 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Suborder | Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
| 18 37 52 | Families Genera Species | Taxom | Infraorder | Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 12 28 32 | Families Genera Species | Taxom |
List of families for Cosmoledo Atoll 12 Families width 32 Species | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae (Rafinesque, 1815) | Fiddler crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Cosmoledo Atoll 28 Genera with 32 Species #ACEGHLMOPTXZ
| Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atergatis De Haan, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calappa Weber, 1758 | Box crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cardisoma Latreille, 1796 | giant land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Charybdis De Haan, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Chlorodopsis A. Milne Edw..., 1873 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclodius Dana, 1834 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epixanthus Heller, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eriphia Latreille, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euchirograpsus H. Milne Edw..., 1921 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geograpsus Stimpson, 1895 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsus Lamarck, 1783 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hypocolpus Rathbun, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lachnopodus Stimpson, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptodius A. Milne-Edw..., 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lophozozymus Milne-Edwards, 1801 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lybia H. Milne-Edw..., 1812 | Boxer crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macromedaeus Ward, 1843 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1839 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Medaeops Guinot, 1882 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metopograpsus H. Milne-Edw..., 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypode Weber, 1772 | Ghost Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Percnon Gistel, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilodius Dana, 1834 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraloides Galil, 1861 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thalamita Latreille, 1803 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthias Rathbun, 0 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Zosimus Leach, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Cosmoledo Atoll 32 Species | Ashtoret lunaris Forskål, 1775 | Speckled Moon Crab | | Atergatis floridus Linnaeus, 1767 | Floral Egg Crab | | Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-eyed Box Crab | | Cardisoma carnifex Herbst, 1796 | Brown land crab | | Charybdis (Charybdis) orientalis Dana, 1852 | | | Cyclodius obscurus Hombron & Ja..., 1846 | | | Cyclodius ungulatus H. Milne Edw..., 1834 | Hoofed Cyclodius | | Epixanthus frontalis H. Milne Edw..., 1834 | Japanese Sebiro Crab | | Eriphia scabricula Dana, 1852 | Hairy Banded Crab | | Euchirograpsus polyodous Stebbing, 1921 | | | Geograpsus crinipes Dana, 1851 | | | Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895 | | | Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818 | Mottled lightfoot crab | | Grapsus strigosus (Herbst, 1799) | ⇒ Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818 | | Grapsus tenuicrustatus Herbst, 1783 | Natal lightfoot crab | | Hypocolpus diverticulatus Strahl, 1861 | | | Lachnopodus subacutus Stimpson, 1858 | | | Leptodius exaratus H. Milne Edw..., 1834 | Fan Round Crab | | Lophozozymus dodone Herbst, 1801 | | | Lybia tessellata Latreille, 1812 | Boxer crab | | Macromedaeus quinquedentatus Krauss, 1843 | | | Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) telescopicus Owen, 1839 | | | Medaeops granulosus Haswell, 1882 | | | Metopograpsus messor Forskål, 1775 | Alamihi | | Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772) | ⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772 | | Percnon guinotae Crosnier, 1965 | Shore Crab | | Pilodius areolatus H. Milne Edw..., 1834 | Areolated xanthid crab | | Tetraloides heterodactylus Heller, 1861 | | | Thalamita prymna Herbst, 1803 | Blue-spined Swimming Crab | | Xanthias lamarckii H. Milne Edw..., 1834 | | | Xanthias leptodius | | | Zosimus aeneus Linnaeus, 1758 | Devil Crab |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Cosmoledo Atoll
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