Species list, Checklist of Family Epialtidae (Kelp Crabs) for Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos Islands, Ecuador)

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Checklist for Family Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 (Kelp Crabs)
and region Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos Islands, Ecuador)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	79 113 138	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	79 113 138	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	44 61 79	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	43 59 77	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	42 58 76	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	20 31 34	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	20 31 34	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	14 23 26	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 Spider crabs	6 10 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 Kelp Crabs	3 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Santa Cruz Island
3 Genera with 4 Species

Herbstia H. Milne-Edw..., 1835	1	Species	Taxom
Loxorhynchus Stimpson, 1857	1	Species	Taxom
Pugettia Dana, 1851	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Santa Cruz Island
4 Species

Herbstia edwardsii Bell, 1835	Edward spider crab
Loxorhynchus crispatus Stimpson, 1857	Decorator Crab
Pugettia producta (Randall, 1840)	⇒ Platymaia rebierei Guinot & Ric..., 1986
Pugettia richii Dana, 1851	Cryptic kelp crab

Subnodes of Epialtidae with occurrences in Santa Cruz Island

Subfamily	Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Pisinae Dana, 1851	2 2	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