Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Swan Islands (Bay Islands Department, Honduras)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 16
21
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 16
21
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 14
19
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 14
19
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 14
19
21 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 11
16
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Swan Islands
11 Families width 18 Species | Mithracidae Balss, 1929 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae (Ortmann, 1893) | Stone crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tychidae Dana, 1851 | Urn crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Swan Islands
16 Genera with 18 Species | Amphithrax Windsor & Fe..., 1790 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Armases Abele, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calappa Weber, 1794 | Box crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eriphia Latreille, 1781 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euryplax Stimpson, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinus Leach, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsus Lamarck, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Minuca Bott, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mithraculus White, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypode Weber, 1787 | Ghost Crab | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Omalacantha Streets, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygrapsus Randall, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pitho Bell, 1867 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Planes Bowdich, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ranilia H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthias Rathbun, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Swan Islands
18 Species | Amphithrax aculeatus Herbst, 1790 | Granulated Spider Crab | | Armases miersii Rathbun, 1897 | | | Calappa flammea Herbst, 1794 | Flame box crab | | Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781) | ⇒ Eriphia scabricula Dana, 1852 | | Euryplax nitida Stimpson, 1859 | Glabrous broadface crab | | Gecarcinus lateralis Freminville, 1835 | Bermuda land crab | | Gecarcinus ruricola Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Crab | | Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758 | Abuete negro | | Minuca burgersi Holthuis, 1967 | | | Mithraculus sculptus Lamarck, 1818 | Emerald crab | | Ocypode albicans (Bosc, 1802) | ⇒ Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787 | | Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787 | Atlantic ghost crab | | Omalacantha bicornuta Latreille, 1825 | Speck-claw Decorator Crab | | Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850 | Gibbes' Pachygrapsus | | Pitho lherminieri Desbonne, 1867 | Broadback urn crab | | Planes minutus Linnaeus, 1758 | Columbus crab | | Ranilia muricata H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | Muricate frog crab | | Xanthias leptodius | |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Swan Islands
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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