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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
134
402
820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
134
402
820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
80
289
645
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
78
282
629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
72
271
613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
43
187
431
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
170
406
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
28
143
345
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
3
4
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mauritius
3 Families width 7 Species
Matutidae De Haan, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 18710SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mauritius
4 Genera with 7 Species
Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1793Box crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Hepatus Latreille, 1802
0SpeciesTaxom
Matuta Weber, 17811SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mauritius
7 Species
Ashtoret lunaris Forskål, 1775Speckled Moon Crab
Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758Giant Box Crab
Calappa gallus Herbst, 1803Knobby Box Crab
Calappa granulata Linnaeus, 1767Mediterranean Shame-faced Crab
Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758Long-eyed Box Crab
Calappa tuberculata Fabricius, 1793
Matuta victor Fabricius, 1781Common Moon Crab

Subnodes of Calappoidea with occurrences in Mauritius
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHepatidae
Stimpson, 1871
1
0
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