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Checklist for Superfamily Calappoidea De Haan, 1833
and region Namibia (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
156
354
515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
155
353
513
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
60
129
209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
59
122
196
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
53
105
161
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
24
47
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
21
40
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
17
33
50
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

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


List of families for Namibia
2 Families width 4 Species
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab3SpeciesTaxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Namibia
4 Genera with 4 Species
Acanthocarpus Stimpson, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1851Box crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Hepatus Latreille, 17851SpeciesTaxom
Mursia Desmarest, 18371SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
4 Species
Acanthocarpus brevispinis Monod, 1946
Calappa pelii Herklots, 1851
Hepatus pudibundus Herbst, 1785Flecked box crab
Mursia cristiata H. Milne Edw..., 1837Masked Crab

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

Taxom

FamilyHepatidae
Stimpson, 1871
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Calappoidea at artfakta.se
Calappoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Calappoidea at itis.gov
Calappoidea at marinespecies.org