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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
296
977
2483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
295
973
2480
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
128
491
1352
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
127
483
1303
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
117
440
1175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
62
239
510
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
55
224
483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
45
192
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
3
8
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North Africa
3 Families width 18 Species
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab15SpeciesTaxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Matutidae De Haan, 18352SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North Africa
8 Genera with 18 Species
Acanthocarpus Stimpson, 19461SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1995Box crabs10SpeciesTaxom
Cryptosoma Brullé, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Hepatus Latreille, 17851SpeciesTaxom
Matuta Weber, 17811SpeciesTaxom
Mebeli Galil & Clark, 19211SpeciesTaxom
Mursia Desmarest, 01SpeciesTaxom
Platymera H. Milne Edw..., 18371SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Africa
18 Species
Acanthocarpus brevispinis Monod, 1946
Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758Giant Box Crab
Calappa convexa Saussure, 1853Arched Box Crab
Calappa galloides Stimpson, 1859Box Crab
Calappa gallus Herbst, 1803Knobby Box Crab
Calappa granulata Linnaeus, 1767Mediterranean Shame-faced Crab
Calappa peli
Calappa pelii Herklots, 1851
Calappa rubroguttata Herklots, 1851
Calappa saheliensis Van Straelen, 1937
Calappa tuerkayana Pastore, 1995
Cryptosoma bairdii Stimpson, 1860Shameface heart crab
Cryptosoma cristatum Brullé, 1837Lesser-spotted shame-faced crab
Hepatus pudibundus Herbst, 1785Flecked box crab
Matuta victor Fabricius, 1781Common Moon Crab
Mebeli michaelseni Balss, 1921
Mursia cristata
Platymera gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1837Armed box crab

Subnodes of Calappoidea with occurrences in North Africa
FamilyCalappidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
Box Crab, Box crabs
5
15
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