Species list, Checklist of Family Dorippidae ♰ (demon-faced crabs) for Brazil (Northern South America)

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Checklist for Family Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 (demon-faced crabs)
and region Brazil (Northern South America)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	306 1110 2373	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	304 1107 2372	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	122 496 1310	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	120 490 1294	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	111 447 1177	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	57 271 597	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	50 254 571	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	41 207 452	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Dorippoidea MacLeay, 1838	2 3 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Dorippidae ♰ MacLeay, 1838 Demon-faced crabs, Sumo crabs	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Brazil
2 Genera with 5 Species

Ethusa Roux, 1897		4	Species	Taxom
Ethusina Smith, 1884		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Brazil
5 Species and 1 Subspecies

Ethusa americana A. Milne-Edw..., 1880	Stalkeye sumo crab
Ethusa mascarone americana (A. Milne-Edw..., 1880)	⇒ Ethusa americana A. Milne-Edw..., 1880
Ethusa microphthalma Smith, 1881	Broadback sumo crab
Ethusa tenuipes Rathbun, 1897	Spiketoe sumo crab
Ethusina abyssicola Smith, 1884	Abyssal sumo crab

Links, sources and further information

Dorippidae at biodiversity.org.au
Dorippidae at gbif.org
Dorippidae at irmng.org
Dorippidae at itis.gov
Dorippidae at marinespecies.org