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Checklist for Superfamily Calappoidea De Haan, 1833
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
448
2925
10558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
445
2918
10546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
166
1267
5249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
163
1257
5186
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
153
1195
4883
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
81
667
2313
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
70
601
2161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
53
482
1733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
3
7
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Australia
3 Families width 42 Species
Matutidae De Haan, 183518SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab24SpeciesTaxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 18710SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Australia
7 Genera with 42 Species
Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1896Box crabs18SpeciesTaxom
Hepatus Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Izanami Galil & Clark, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Matuta Weber, 187712SpeciesTaxom
Mursia Desmarest, 19145SpeciesTaxom
Paracyclois Miers, 18861SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
42 Species
Ashtoret granulosa Miers, 1877Armed Crab
Ashtoret lunaris Forskål, 1775Speckled Moon Crab
Ashtoret obtusifrons Miers, 1877
Ashtoret picta Hess, 1865
Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758Giant Box Crab
Calappa capellonis Laurie, 1906Box Crab
Calappa clypeata Borradaile, 1903
Calappa depressa (Miers, 1886)⇒ Aethra scruposa Linnaeus, 1764
Calappa exanthematosa (Alcock & And..., 1894)⇒ Calappa japonica Ortmann, 1892
Calappa flammea Herbst, 1794Flame box crab
Calappa gallus Herbst, 1803Knobby Box Crab
Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758Long-eyed Box Crab
Calappa japonica Ortmann, 1892Japanese Box Crab
Calappa lophos Herbst, 1782Common Box Crab
Calappa ocellata Holthuis, 1958Ocellate box crab
Calappa pelii Herklots, 1851
Calappa philargius Linnaeus, 1758Red-spotted Box Crab
Calappa pustulosa Alcock, 1896Pustule Box Crab
Calappa terraereginae (Ward, 1936)⇒ Calappa clypeata Borradaile, 1903
Calappa torulosa Galil, 1997Box Crab
Calappa undulata Dai & Yang, 1991Undulated Box Crab
Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896Little Crested Crab
Izanami curtispina Sakai, 1961
Izanami inermis Miers, 1884
Matuta banksi Leach, 1817
Matuta banksii (Leach, 1817)⇒ Matuta banksi Leach, 1817
Matuta erictrix
Matuta granulosa (Miers, 1877)⇒ Ashtoret granulosa Miers, 1877
Matuta inermis (Miers, 1884)⇒ Izanami inermis Miers, 1884
Matuta laevidactyla (Miers, 1880)⇒ Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798
Matuta lineifera (Miers, 1877)⇒ Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798
Matuta lunaris (Forskal, 1775)⇒ Ashtoret lunaris Forskål, 1775
Matuta picta (Hess, 1865)⇒ Ashtoret picta Hess, 1865
Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798Flower Moon Crab
Matuta victor Fabricius, 1781Common Moon Crab
Matuta victrix Miers, 1877
Mursia armata De Haan, 1837
Mursia australiensis Campbell, 1971
Mursia curtispina Miers, 1886
Mursia microspina Davie & Short, 1989
Mursia trispinosa Parisi, 1914
Paracyclois milneedwardsii Miers, 1886

Subnodes of Calappoidea with occurrences in Australia
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
3
24
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHepatidae
Stimpson, 1871
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMatutidae
De Haan, 1835
3
18
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Calappoidea at artfakta.se
Calappoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Calappoidea at itis.gov
Calappoidea at marinespecies.org