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Checklist for Section Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980
and region Quepos (Puntarenas, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
14
18
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
14
18
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
9
10
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
9
10
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
7
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
5
6
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
5
6
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Quepos
5 Families width 7 Species
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838Mud crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Quepos
6 Genera with 7 Species
Cardisoma Latreille, 1870giant land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinus Leach, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Heteractaea Lockington, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Inachus Weber, 18171SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1843Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Pachygrapsus Randall, 18501SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Quepos
7 Species
Cardisoma crassum Smith, 1870Giant land crab
Gecarcinus lateralis Freminville, 1835Bermuda land crab
Gecarcinus quadratus Saussure, 1853Halloween crab
Heteractaea ceratopus Stimpson, 1860Horned Crab
Inachus leptochirus Leach, 1817
Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1843Cart Driver Crab
Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850Gibbes' Pachygrapsus

Subnodes of Eubrachyura with occurrences in Quepos
SubsectionHeterotremata
Guinot, 1977
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubsectionThoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
3
4
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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