Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Eriphioidea for Algeria (North Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Eriphioidea MacLeay, 1838
and region Algeria (North Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	122 236 445	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	122 236 445	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	60 122 217	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	59 116 208	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	53 101 185	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	28 53 97	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	26 49 92	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	22 45 86	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Eriphioidea MacLeay, 1838	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Algeria
2 Families width 3 Species

Menippidae Ortmann, 1893	Stone crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Algeria
2 Genera with 3 Species

Eriphia Latreille, 1775		2	Species	Taxom
Platyxanthus A. Milne-Edw..., 1879		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Algeria
3 Species

Eriphia spinifrons (Forsskål, 1775)	⇒ Platyxanthus crenulatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1879
Eriphia verrucosa Forsskål, 1775	Warty crab
Platyxanthus crenulatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1879

Subnodes of Eriphioidea with occurrences in Algeria

Family	Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 Stone crabs	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Eriphioidea at biodiversity.org.au
Eriphioidea at marinespecies.org