Species list, Checklist of Family Epialtidae (Kelp Crabs) for Santa Barbara County (California, USA)

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Checklist for Family Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 (Kelp Crabs)
and region Santa Barbara County (California, USA)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	51 70 83	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	51 70 83	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	27 38 42	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	27 38 42	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	25 36 40	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	9 17 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	9 17 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	6 13 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 Spider crabs	2 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 Kelp Crabs	5 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Santa Barbara County
5 Genera with 6 Species

Herbstia H. Milne-Edw..., 1840	1	Species	Taxom
Loxorhynchus Stimpson, 1857	1	Species	Taxom
Pugettia Dana, 1840	1	Species	Taxom
Scyra Dana, 1852	1	Species	Taxom
Taliepus A. Milne-Edw..., 1840	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Santa Barbara County
6 Species

Herbstia parvifrons Randall, 1840	Crevice spider crab
Loxorhynchus grandis Stimpson, 1857	Californian Sheep Crab
Pugettia producta (Randall, 1840)	⇒ Platymaia rebierei Guinot & Ric..., 1986
Scyra acutifrons Dana, 1852	Sharp-nosed Crab
Taliepus dentatus H. Milne Edw..., 1834
Taliepus nuttallii Randall, 1840	Globose kelp crab

Subnodes of Epialtidae with occurrences in Santa Barbara County

Subfamily	Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Pisinae Dana, 1851	3 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Epialtidae at artfakta.se
Epialtidae at biodiversity.org.au
Epialtidae at gbif.org
Epialtidae at irmng.org
Epialtidae at itis.gov
Epialtidae at marinespecies.org