Checklist for Section Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980
and region Brazoria County (Texas, USA)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 51
75
93 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 50
74
92 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 27
38
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 27
38
57 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 25
35
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 12
14
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 11
13
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Brazoria County
11 Families width 17 Species | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae (Latreille, 1802) | Edible crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 | Mud crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Brazoria County
13 Genera with 17 Species | Calappa Weber, 1898 | Box crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callinectes Stimpson, 1966 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cancer Linnaeus, 1767 | Cancer Crab | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cardisoma Latreille, 1825 | giant land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsus Lamarck, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Libinia Leach, 1815 | Spider Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypode Weber, 1787 | Ghost Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ovalipes Rathbun, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Persephona Leach, 1931 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnixa White, 1918 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunus Weber, 1859 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhithropanopeus Rathbun, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Speocarcinus Stimpson, 1969 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Brazoria County
17 Species | Calappa sulcata Rathbun, 1898 | Yellow box crab | | Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896 | American blue crab | | Callinectes similis Williams, 1966 | Dwarf crab | | Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758 | Brown crab | | Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767) | ⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763 | | Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825 | Blue land crab | | Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758 | Abuete negro | | Libinia emarginata Leach, 1815 | Common Spider Crab | | Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787 | Atlantic ghost crab | | Ovalipes floridanus Hay & Shore, 1918 | Florida lady crab | | Persephona aquilonaris Rathbun, 1933 | | | Persephona crinita Rathbun, 1931 | Pink purse crab | | Pinnixa retinens M. J. Rathbun, 1918 | | | Portunus (Achelous) spinimanus (Latreille, 1819) | ⇒ Achelous spinimanus Latreille, 1819 | | Portunus (Portunus) gibbesii Stimpson, 1859 | Iridescent swimming crab | | Rhithropanopeus harrisii Gould, 1841 | Dwarf crab | | Speocarcinus lobatus Guinot, 1969 | Gulf Squareback Crab |
Subnodes of Eubrachyura with occurrences in Brazoria County
Links, sources and further information Eubrachyura at artfakta.se
Eubrachyura at biodiversity.org.au
Eubrachyura at marinespecies.org
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