Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Northern Cape (Cape)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 58
67
73 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 57
66
72 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 29
30
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 29
30
34 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 27
28
32 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 12
12
14 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Northern Cape
12 Families width 14 Species | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnoididae Guinot & Mac..., 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Northern Cape
12 Genera with 14 Species | Cyrtomaia Miers, 1906 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromia Weber, 1902 | sponge crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Elamena H. Milne-Edw..., 1879 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Guinusia Schubart & C..., 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lyreidus De Haan, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notomithrax Griffin, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paragrapsus H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnoides Lucas, 1836 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnus Leach, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheres Bosc, 1767 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potamon Savigny, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautes MacLeay, 1904 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Northern Cape
14 Species | Cyrtomaia lamellata Rathbun, 1906 | | | Dromia wilsonii Fulton & Grant, 1902 | | | Elamena cimex Kemp, 1915 | | | Elamena producta Kirk, 1879 | Paua Spider Crab | | Guinusia chabrus Linnaeus, 1758 | Cleft-Fronted Shore Crab | | Lyreidus tridentatus De Haan, 1841 | Frog Crab | | Notomithrax minor Filhol, 1885 | | | Paragrapsus quadridentatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | Four-toothed Shore Crab | | Pilumnoides perlatus Poeppig, 1836 | | | Pilumnus novaezealandiae Filhol, 1885 | Bristled Black-finger Crab | | Pinnotheres pisum Linnaeus, 1767 | Linnaeus's Pea Crab | | Potamon (Potamonautes) warreni Calman, 1918 | | | Potamonautes perlatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | Cape river crab | | Potamonautes sidneyi Rathbun, 1904 | Natal river crab |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Northern Cape
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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