AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Section Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
193
509
918
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
193
509
918
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
90
298
668
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
89
295
661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
83
273
608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
40
150
323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
144
314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Costa Rica
37 Families width 314 Species and 1 Subspecies
#ACDEGHILMOPSTVX
Aethridae Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab11SpeciesTaxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893Coral crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838Demon-faced crabs7SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs13SpeciesTaxom
Eriphiidae MacLeay, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838Angular crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs10SpeciesTaxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 18713SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Inachoididae Dana, 18518SpeciesTaxom
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819Nut crabs15SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab2SpeciesTaxom
Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Menippidae Ortmann, 1893Stone crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Mithracidae Balss, 192910SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs62SpeciesTaxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 19581SpeciesTaxom
Oziidae Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893Mud crabs13SpeciesTaxom
Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838Elbow crabs10SpeciesTaxom
Pilumnidae Samouelle, 18194SpeciesTaxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833Commensal Crabs16SpeciesTaxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab27SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 19005SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothelphusidae Ortmann, 189328SpeciesTaxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 185112SpeciesTaxom
Tetriasidae Tsang & Naruse, 20231SpeciesTaxom
Trapeziidae Miers, 1886Coral crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18352SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18531SpeciesTaxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838Mud crabs13SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Eubrachyura with occurrences in Costa Rica
SubsectionHeterotremata
Guinot, 1977
28
112
198
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubsectionThoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
32
116
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eubrachyura at artfakta.se
Eubrachyura at biodiversity.org.au
Eubrachyura at marinespecies.org