Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Red Sea (Indian Ocean)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 117
408
800 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 116
406
798 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 71
314
678 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 71
314
678 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 66
304
658 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 40
196
408 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Red Sea
40 Families width 408 Species and 10 Subspecies #CDEGHILMOPRSTVX
| Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 | Coral gall crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dairidae Ng & Rodriguez, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Galenidae Alcock, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Iphiculidae Alcock, 1896 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Litocheiridae ?tev?i?, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Mictyridae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Planopilumnidae Serène, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 58 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 1900 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaocheleidae Ng & P. F. C..., 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 101 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Red Sea
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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