Checklist for Infraorder Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 (Crabs)
and region Zimbabwe (East Africa)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 35
50
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 35
50
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 17
19
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 17
19
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 17
19
27 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 9
10
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Zimbabwe
9 Families width 16 Species and 1 Subspecies
Genera for Zimbabwe
10 Genera with 16 Species | Actumnus Dana, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aratus Milne Edwards, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinus Leach, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypode Weber, 1818 | Ghost Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potamon Savigny, 1929 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautes MacLeay, 1904 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | Pseudocarcinus H. Milne-Edw..., 1834 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sakaija Ng & Richer ..., 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spiralothelphusa Bott, 1794 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | Stenocionops Desmarest, 1823 | | 0 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Zimbabwe
16 Species and 1 Subspecies | Actumnus margarodes MacGilchrist, 1905 | | | Aratus pisonii H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | Mangrove Crab | | Gecarcinus ruricola Linnaeus, 1758 | Black Crab | | Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818) | ⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818 | | Potamon (Potamonautes) bayonianum | | | Potamon (Potamonautes) calcaratum Gordon, 1929 | | | Potamon calcaratus (Gordon, 1929) | ⇒ Potamonautes calcaratus Gordon, 1929 | | Potamonautes bayonianus Brito Capello, 1864 | | | Potamonautes calcaratus Gordon, 1929 | | | Potamonautes depressus Krauss, 1843 | Flat River Crab | | Potamonautes depressus depressus Bott, 1955 | | | Potamonautes loveridgei Rathbun, 1933 | | | Potamonautes montivagus Chace, 1953 | | | Potamonautes obesus A. Milne-Edw..., 1868 | Obese Crab | | Potamonautes sidneyi Rathbun, 1904 | Natal river crab | | Sakaija africana Griffin & Tr..., 1986 | | | Spiralothelphusa hydrodroma Herbst, 1794 | |
Subnodes of Brachyura with occurrences in Zimbabwe
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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