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Checklist for Family Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 (Coral gall crabs)
and region Caribbean (America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
337
1476
3860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1471
3855
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
142
796
2403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
140
790
2381
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
131
743
2233
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
63
423
998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
54
387
925
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
11
59
201
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Cryptochiroidea
Paulson, 1875
1
5
6
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCryptochiridae
Paulson, 1875
Coral gall crabs, Gall crabs
5
6
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean
5 Genera with 6 Species
Cryptochirus Heller, 01SpeciesTaxom
Hapalocarcinus Stimpson, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Opecarcinus Kropp and Ma..., 19772SpeciesTaxom
Troglocarcinus Verrill, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Utinomiella Kropp and Ta..., 19061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean
6 Species
Cryptochirus corallicola
Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859Coral gall crab
Opecarcinus crescentus Edmondson, 1925
Opecarcinus hypostegus Shaw & Hopkins, 1977
Troglocarcinus corallicola Verrill, 1908Floatingheart
Utinomiella dimorpha Henderson, 1906Kahe Point crab


Links, sources and further information
Cryptochiridae at biodiversity.org.au
Cryptochiridae at gbif.org
Cryptochiridae at irmng.org
Cryptochiridae at itis.gov
Cryptochiridae at marinespecies.org