Checklist for Section Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980
and region Taita-Taveta County (Coast Province, Kenya)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 22
28
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 22
28
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 17
23
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 17
23
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 16
22
23 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 10
15
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 10
15
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Taita-Taveta County
10 Families width 17 Species | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Genera for Taita-Taveta County
15 Genera with 17 Species | Austruca Bott, 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calappa Weber, 1758 | Box crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cardisoma Latreille, 1796 | giant land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cranuca Beinlich & V..., 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gelasimus Latreille, 1877 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsus Lamarck, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1830 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neosarmatium Serène & Soh, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nepinnotheres Manning, 1758 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasesarma De Man, 1869 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautes MacLeay, 1868 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudohelice Sakai, Türka..., 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scylla De Haan, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarma Say, 0 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tubuca Bott, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Taita-Taveta County
17 Species | Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | Fiddler Crab | | Calappa hepatica Linnaeus, 1758 | Long-eyed Box Crab | | Cardisoma carnifex Herbst, 1796 | Brown land crab | | Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874 | Inversed Fiddler Crab | | Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877) | ⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790 | | Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818 | Mottled lightfoot crab | | Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758 | Abuete negro | | Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) depressus Rüppell, 1830 | Long Eyestalk Crab | | Neosarmatium meinerti (De Man, 1887) | ⇒ Neosarmatium africanum Ragionieri, ..., 2012 | | Nepinnotheres pinnotheres Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Parasesarma bidens De Haan, 1835 | | | Parasesarma guttatum A Milne-Edwards, 1869 | | | Potamonautes obesus A. Milne-Edw..., 1868 | Obese Crab | | Pseudohelice subquadrata Dana, 1851 | | | Scylla serrata Forsskål, 1775 | Black crab | | Sesarma quadrilaterum | | | Tubuca urvillei H. Milne Edw..., 1852 | |
Subnodes of Eubrachyura with occurrences in Taita-Taveta County
Links, sources and further information Eubrachyura at artfakta.se
Eubrachyura at biodiversity.org.au
Eubrachyura at marinespecies.org
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