Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Virginia Beach (Virginia, USA)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 73
103
115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 73
103
115 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 39
59
69 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 38
58
68 | Families
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Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 34
51
61 | Families
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Species |
Taxom
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Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 13
22
26 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Virginia Beach
13 Families width 26 Species | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Geryonidae Colosi, 1923 | Deepsea crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Inachoididae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 | Mud crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oregoniidae Garth, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Virginia Beach
22 Genera with 26 Species #ACDEHLMOPRS
| Arenaeus Dana, 1818 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Armases Abele, 1802 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callinectes Stimpson, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cancer Linnaeus, 1758 | Cancer Crab | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chaceon Manning & Ho..., 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Collodes Stimpson, 1881 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dyspanopeus Martin & Abele, 1859 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ethusina Smith, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euprognatha Stimpson, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eurypanopeus A. Milne-Edw..., 1869 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homola Leach, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyas Leach, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptuca Bott, 1802 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Libinia Leach, 1815 | Spider Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Menippe De Haan, 1818 | Stone crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Minuca Bott, 1870 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypode Weber, 1787 | Ghost Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ovalipes Rathbun, 1799 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeus H. Milne-Edw..., 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunus Weber, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhithropanopeus Rathbun, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spinolambrus Tan & Ng, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Virginia Beach
26 Species | Arenaeus cribrarius Lamarck, 1818 | Speckled Crab | | Armases cinereum Bosc, 1802 | Squareback marsh crab | | Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 | American blue crab | | Cancer borealis Stimpson, 1859 | Jonah crab | | Cancer irroratus (Say, 1817) | ⇒ Cancer plebejus Poeppig, 1836 | | Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown crab | | Chaceon quinquedens Smith, 1879 | Red Crab | | Collodes robustus Smith, 1881 | | | Dyspanopeus texanus Stimpson, 1859 | Gulf grassflat crab | | Ethusina abyssicola Smith, 1884 | Abyssal sumo crab | | Euprognatha rastellifera Stimpson, 1871 | New Mexico ticktrefoil | | Eurypanopeus depressus Smith, 1869 | Flat mud crab | | Homola minima Guinot & Ric..., 1995 | | | Hyas coarctatus Leach, 1815 | Arctic lyre crab | | Leptuca pugilator Bosc, 1802 | Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab | | Libinia emarginata Leach, 1815 | Common Spider Crab | | Menippe mercenaria Say, 1818 | Florida stone crab | | Minuca minax LeConte, 1855 | | | Minuca pugnax Smith, 1870 | Mud Fiddler Crab | | Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787 | Atlantic ghost crab | | Ovalipes ocellatus Herbst, 1799 | Calico crab | | Panopeus angustifrons (Benedict & R..., 1891) | ⇒ Hexapanopeus angustifrons Benedict & R..., 1891 | | Portunus (Portunus) sayi Gibbes, 1850 | Sargassum Crab | | Rhithropanopeus harrisii Gould, 1841 | Dwarf crab | | Spinolambrus fraterculus Stimpson, 1871 | | | Spinolambrus pourtalesii Stimpson, 1871 | |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Virginia Beach
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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