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Checklist for Superfamily Calappoidea De Haan, 1833
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
360
1365
3514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
353
1349
3488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
141
518
1316
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
139
508
1283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
125
460
1192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
73
259
526
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
58
221
463
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
45
176
365
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
2
5
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Isles
2 Families width 8 Species
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab6SpeciesTaxom
Matutidae De Haan, 18352SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Isles
5 Genera with 8 Species
Acanthocarpus Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 17752SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1898Box crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Calappilia A. Milne-Edw..., 19811SpeciesTaxom
Mursia Desmarest, 1823
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
8 Species
Acanthocarpus alexandri Stimpson, 1871Gladiator box crab
Ashtoret granulosa Miers, 1877Armed Crab
Ashtoret lunaris Forskål, 1775Speckled Moon Crab
Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758Giant Box Crab
Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758Long-eyed Box Crab
Calappa philargius Linnaeus, 1758Red-spotted Box Crab
Calappa sulcata Rathbun, 1898Yellow box crab
Calappilia scopuli Quayle & Col..., 1981

Subnodes of Calappoidea with occurrences in British Isles
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMatutidae
De Haan, 1835
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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