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Checklist for Superfamily Calappoidea De Haan, 1833
and region Comoro Islands (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
135
424
824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
135
424
824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
94
347
739
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
94
347
739
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
87
331
716
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
43
184
356
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
167
337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
27
132
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
3
4
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Comoro Islands
3 Families width 8 Species
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab6SpeciesTaxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Matutidae De Haan, 18351SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Comoro Islands
4 Genera with 8 Species
Acanthocarpus Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1896Box crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Hepatus Latreille, 17851SpeciesTaxom
Matuta Weber, 17811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Comoro Islands
8 Species
Acanthocarpus alexandri Stimpson, 1871Gladiator box crab
Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758Giant Box Crab
Calappa galloides Stimpson, 1859Box Crab
Calappa gallus Herbst, 1803Knobby Box Crab
Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758Long-eyed Box Crab
Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896Little Crested Crab
Hepatus pudibundus Herbst, 1785Flecked box crab
Matuta victor Fabricius, 1781Common Moon Crab

Subnodes of Calappoidea with occurrences in Comoro Islands
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHepatidae
Stimpson, 1871
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMatutidae
De Haan, 1835
1
1
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