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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
367
1854
5169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
365
1849
5159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
139
840
2581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
138
834
2561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
128
794
2416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
68
464
1192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
60
422
1133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
43
331
914
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
3
6
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Australia
3 Families width 25 Species
Matutidae De Haan, 183511SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab14SpeciesTaxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 18710SpeciesTaxom


Genera for East Australia
6 Genera with 25 Species
Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 18654SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1896Box crabs10SpeciesTaxom
Hepatus Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Izanami Galil & Clark, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Matuta Weber, 17816SpeciesTaxom
Mursia Desmarest, 19894SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Australia
25 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 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 woodmasoni Alcock, 1896Little Crested Crab
Izanami inermis Miers, 1884
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 planipes Fabricius, 1798Flower Moon Crab
Matuta victor Fabricius, 1781Common Moon Crab
Mursia armata De Haan, 1837
Mursia australiensis Campbell, 1971
Mursia curtispina Miers, 1886
Mursia microspina Davie & Short, 1989

Subnodes of Calappoidea with occurrences in East Australia
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
2
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHepatidae
Stimpson, 1871
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMatutidae
De Haan, 1835
3
11
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