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Checklist for Superfamily Calappoidea De Haan, 1833
and region Indian Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
264
991
2154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
262
988
2151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
129
622
1527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
126
616
1509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
117
574
1372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
62
330
717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
54
296
673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
41
240
573
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
2
4
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indian Ocean
2 Families width 19 Species
Matutidae De Haan, 18356SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Indian Ocean
4 Genera with 19 Species
Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1997Box crabs10SpeciesTaxom
Matuta Weber, 17814SpeciesTaxom
Mursia Desmarest, 19933SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean
19 Species
Ashtoret lunaris Forskål, 1775Speckled Moon Crab
Ashtoret picta Hess, 1865
Calappa africana Lai & Ng, 2006
Calappa bicornis Miers, 1884Shame-faced Crab
Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758Giant Box Crab
Calappa dumortieri Guinot, 1962
Calappa gallus Herbst, 1803Knobby Box Crab
Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758Long-eyed Box Crab
Calappa japonica Ortmann, 1892Japanese Box Crab
Calappa lophos Herbst, 1782Common Box Crab
Calappa philargius Linnaeus, 1758Red-spotted Box Crab
Calappa torulosa Galil, 1997Box Crab
Matuta banksi Leach, 1817
Matuta banksii (Leach, 1817)⇒ Matuta banksi Leach, 1817
Matuta planipes Fabricius, 1798Flower Moon Crab
Matuta victor Fabricius, 1781Common Moon Crab
Mursia aspera Alfred Willi..., 1899
Mursia bicristimana Alcock & And..., 1895
Mursia flamma Galil, 1993

Subnodes of Calappoidea with occurrences in Indian Ocean
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
2
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMatutidae
De Haan, 1835
2
6
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