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Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Rwanda (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
7
9
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
7
9
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
3
3
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
3
3
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
3
3
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
1
1
4
Family
Genus
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Rwanda
1 Family width 4 Species
Potamonautidae Bott, 19704SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Rwanda
1 Genera with 4 Species
Potamonautes MacLeay, 19214SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rwanda
4 Species
Potamonautes (Rotundopotamonautes) emini Hilgendorf, 1892
Potamonautes lirrangensis Rathbun, 1904Malawi Blue Crab
Potamonautes niloticus H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Potamonautes perparvus Rathbun, 1921

Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Rwanda
SectionEubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
1
1
4
Family
Genus
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