Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Northern Territory (Australia)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 169
559
1053 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 167
556
1052 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 86
333
742 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 86
333
742 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 81
314
694 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 43
186
357 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Northern Territory
43 Families width 357 Species #ACDEGHILMOPRSTVX
| Aethridae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 | Horse crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Corystidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Galenidae Alcock, 1898 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Iphiculidae Alcock, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Longodromitidae Schweitzer &..., 2009 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Mictyridae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 38 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 | Stilt crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 54 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoziidae Alcock, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 40 | Species | Taxom | | Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Northern Territory
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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