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Checklist for Superfamily Eryonoidea De Haan, 1841
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
336
1958
6058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1955
6050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
158
1273
4744
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
157
1265
4714
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
147
1207
4462
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Palinura
Scholtz & Richter, 1995
3
31
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Eryonoidea
De Haan, 1841
1
4
25
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melanesia
1 Family width 25 Species
Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874Blind lobsters25SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melanesia
4 Genera with 25 Species
Pentacheles Bate, 18804SpeciesTaxom
Polycheles Heller, 186211SpeciesTaxom
Stereomastis Bate, 20009SpeciesTaxom
Willemoesia Grote, 18731SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
25 Species
Pentacheles gracilis (Bate, 1878)⇒ Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878
Pentacheles laevis Bate, 1878
Pentacheles obscurus Bate, 1878
Pentacheles validus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880
Polycheles aculeatus (Galil, 2000)⇒ Stereomastis aculeata Galil, 2000
Polycheles auriculatus (Bate, 1878)⇒ Stereomastis auriculata Bate, 1878
Polycheles baccatus Bate, 1878
Polycheles coccifer Galil, 2000
Polycheles crucifer (Thomson, 1873)⇒ Cardus crucifer Thomson, 1873
Polycheles enthrix Bate, 1878
Polycheles galil (Ahyong & Brown, 2002)⇒ Stereomastis galil Ahyong & Brown, 2002
Polycheles nanus (S. I. Smith, 1884)⇒ Stereomastis nana Smith, 1884
Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880
Polycheles surdus (Galil, 2000)⇒ Stereomastis surda Galil, 2000
Polycheles typhlops Heller, 1862
Stereomastis aculeata Galil, 2000
Stereomastis auriculata Bate, 1878
Stereomastis cerata Alcock, 1894
Stereomastis galil Ahyong & Brown, 2002
Stereomastis helleri Bate, 1878
Stereomastis nana Smith, 1884
Stereomastis phosphorus Alcock, 1894Pink Blind Lobster
Stereomastis sculpta (Smith, 1880)⇒ Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880
Stereomastis surda Galil, 2000
Willemoesia leptodactyla Thomson, 1873

Subnodes of Eryonoidea with occurrences in Melanesia
FamilyPolychelidae
Wood-Mason, 1874
Blind lobsters
4
25
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eryonoidea at marinespecies.org