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Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Harkers Island (Carteret County, North Carolina, USA)


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		7
8
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 		Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
7
8
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 		Eucarida
Calman, 1904
7
8
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns		7
8
8		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 		Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
6
7
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 		Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs		5
6
6		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Harkers Island
5 Families width 6 Species
Inachidae MacLeay, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Mithracidae Balss, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Panopeidae (Ortmann, 1893)Mud crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833Commensal Crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Harkers Island
6 Genera with 6 Species
Metoporhaphis Stimpson, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Mithraculus White, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Ovalipes Rathbun, 17991SpeciesTaxom
Panopeus H. Milne-Edw..., 18911SpeciesTaxom
Pinnotheres Bosc, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18591SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Harkers Island
6 Species
Metoporhaphis calcarata Say, 1818False arrow crab
Mithraculus forceps A. Milne-Edw..., 1875Red-ridged clinging crab
Ovalipes ocellatus Herbst, 1799Calico crab
Panopeus angustifrons (Benedict & R..., 1891)⇒ Hexapanopeus angustifrons Benedict & R..., 1891
Pinnotheres ostrea Aikawa, 1933
Portunus (Portunus) gibbesii Stimpson, 1859Iridescent swimming crab

Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Harkers Island
SectionEubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
5
6
6		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



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