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Checklist for Superfamily Calappoidea De Haan, 1833
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
193
509
918
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
193
509
918
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
90
298
668
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
89
295
661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
83
273
608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
40
150
323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
144
314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
28
112
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
2
8
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Costa Rica
2 Families width 14 Species
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab11SpeciesTaxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 18713SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Costa Rica
8 Genera with 14 Species
Acanthocarpus Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1898Box crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Calappula Galil, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Cryptosoma Brullé, 19962SpeciesTaxom
Cycloes De Haan, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Hepatus Latreille, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Osachila Stimpson, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Platymera H. Milne Edw..., 18371SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
14 Species
Acanthocarpus alexandri Stimpson, 1871Gladiator box crab
Calappa convexa Saussure, 1853Arched Box Crab
Calappa costaricana M. J. Rathbun, 1918
Calappa flammea Herbst, 1794Flame box crab
Calappa saussurei (Rathbun, 1898)⇒ Calappula saussurei Rathbun, 1898
Calappa sulcata Rathbun, 1898Yellow box crab
Calappula saussurei Rathbun, 1898
Cryptosoma bairdii Stimpson, 1860Shameface heart crab
Cryptosoma garthi Galil & Clark, 1996
Cycloes bairdii (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Cryptosoma bairdii Stimpson, 1860
Hepatus kossmanni Neumann, 1878
Hepatus lineatus Rathbun, 1898
Osachila sona Garth, 1940
Platymera gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1837Armed box crab

Subnodes of Calappoidea with occurrences in Costa Rica
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
6
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHepatidae
Stimpson, 1871
2
3
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