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Checklist for Superfamily Calappoidea De Haan, 1833
and region Fiji (Melanesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
165
508
1004
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
165
508
1004
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
86
359
822
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
85
355
809
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
79
333
766
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
40
181
359
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
174
347
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
27
135
249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
3
6
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Fiji
3 Families width 16 Species
Matutidae De Haan, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab13SpeciesTaxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Fiji
6 Genera with 16 Species
Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1896Box crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Matuta Weber, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Mursia Desmarest, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Paracyclois Miers, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Sakaila Manning & Ho..., 19631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Fiji
16 Species
Ashtoret miersii Henderson, 1887
Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758Giant Box Crab
Calappa clypeata Borradaile, 1903
Calappa depressa (Miers, 1886)⇒ Aethra scruposa Linnaeus, 1764
Calappa gallus Herbst, 1803Knobby Box Crab
Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758Long-eyed Box Crab
Calappa philargius Linnaeus, 1758Red-spotted Box Crab
Calappa pustulosa Alcock, 1896Pustule Box Crab
Calappa tuberculata Fabricius, 1793
Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896Little Crested Crab
Matuta victor Fabricius, 1781Common Moon Crab
Mursia curtispina Miers, 1886
Mursia murimuria Galil, 2013
Mursia musorstomia Galil, 1993
Paracyclois milneedwardsii Miers, 1886
Sakaila imperialis Sakai, 1963

Subnodes of Calappoidea with occurrences in Fiji
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHepatidae
Stimpson, 1871
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMatutidae
De Haan, 1835
2
2
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