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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
154
566
1216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
154
566
1216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
87
403
975
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
85
397
960
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
79
384
938
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
47
245
563
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
41
218
521
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
30
177
427
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
2
4
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Seychelles
2 Families width 17 Species
Matutidae (De Haan, 1835)4SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab13SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Seychelles
4 Genera with 17 Species
Ashtoret Galil & Clark, 18652SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1896Box crabs12SpeciesTaxom
Calappula Galil, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Matuta Weber, 18172SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Seychelles
17 Species
Ashtoret lunaris Forskål, 1775Speckled Moon Crab
Ashtoret picta Hess, 1865
Calappa alata (Rathbun, 1911)⇒ Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896
Calappa bicornis Miers, 1884Shame-faced Crab
Calappa calappa Linnaeus, 1758Giant Box Crab
Calappa capellonis Laurie, 1906Box Crab
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 monilicanthus Galil, 1997
Calappa spinosissima (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758
Calappa tuberculata Fabricius, 1793
Calappa woodmasoni Alcock, 1896Little Crested Crab
Calappula saussurei Rathbun, 1898
Matuta banksi Leach, 1817
Matuta banksii (Leach, 1817)⇒ Matuta banksi Leach, 1817

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

Taxom

FamilyMatutidae
De Haan, 1835
2
4
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