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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
232
864
1815
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
231
863
1814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
122
593
1376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
120
590
1370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
111
554
1307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
59
318
684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
51
285
639
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
37
227
502
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
3
6
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Madagascar
3 Families width 24 Species
Matutidae De Haan, 18357SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab16SpeciesTaxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Madagascar
6 Genera with 24 Species
Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 19944SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1896Box crabs13SpeciesTaxom
Cycloes De Haan, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Matuta Weber, 17813SpeciesTaxom
Mursia Desmarest, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Sakaila Manning & Ho..., 19811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Madagascar
24 Species
Ashtoret lunaris Forskål, 1775Speckled Moon Crab
Ashtoret picta Hess, 1865
Ashtoret sangiannulata Galil & Clark, 1994
Ashtoret sanguianulata Galil & Clark, 1994
Calappa acutispina Lai, Chan & Ng, 2006
Calappa bicornis Miers, 1884Shame-faced Crab
Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758Giant Box Crab
Calappa capellonis Laurie, 1906Box Crab
Calappa clypeata Borradaile, 1903
Calappa conifera Galil, 1997
Calappa depressa (Miers, 1886)⇒ Aethra scruposa Linnaeus, 1764
Calappa gallus Herbst, 1803Knobby Box Crab
Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758Long-eyed Box Crab
Calappa lophos Herbst, 1782Common Box Crab
Calappa ocularia Ng, 2002
Calappa pustulosa Alcock, 1896Pustule Box Crab
Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896Little Crested Crab
Cycloes marisrubri Galil & Clark, 1996Wingless box crab
Matuta banksi Leach, 1817
Matuta banksii (Leach, 1817)⇒ Matuta banksi Leach, 1817
Matuta victor Fabricius, 1781Common Moon Crab
Mursia coseli Crosnier, 1997
Mursia flamma Galil, 1993
Sakaila africana Manning & Ho..., 1981

Subnodes of Calappoidea with occurrences in Madagascar
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
3
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHepatidae
Stimpson, 1871
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMatutidae
De Haan, 1835
2
7
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