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Checklist for Section Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980
and region Tunapuna-Piarco (Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
21
34
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
21
34
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
15
26
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
15
26
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
13
21
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
7
15
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
7
15
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tunapuna-Piarco
7 Families width 20 Species
Portunidae (Rafinesque, 1815)Swimming Crab3SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothelphusidae Ortmann, 18933SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs10SpeciesTaxom
Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18351SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 18381SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tunapuna-Piarco
15 Genera with 20 Species
Achelous De Haan, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1794Box crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Callinectes Stimpson, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Eudaniela Pretzmann, 1971
0SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Guinotia Pretzmann, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Leptuca Bott, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Microthelphusa Pretzmann, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 18045SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1787Ghost Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Poppiana Bott, 18401SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Rodriguezus Campos & Mag..., 18981SpeciesTaxom
Stenorhynchus Lamarck, 17881SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1870Fiddler crab1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tunapuna-Piarco
20 Species
Achelous ordwayi Stimpson, 1860Redhair Swimming Crab
Calappa flammea Herbst, 1794Flame box crab
Callinectes bocourti A. Milne-Edw..., 1879Blunt-tooth swimming crab
Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758Abuete negro
Guinotia (Guinotia) dentata Latreille, 1825Cirique
Leptuca leptodactyla Rathbun, 1898
Leptuca thayeri Rathbun, 1900Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab
Microthelphusa odaelkae Bott, 1970
Minuca burgersi Holthuis, 1967
Minuca minax LeConte, 1855
Minuca mordax Smith, 1870Smith's Fiddler Crab
Minuca rapax Smith, 1870Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Minuca vocator Herbst, 1804
Ocypode albicans (Bosc, 1802)⇒ Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787Atlantic ghost crab
Poppiana dentata Randall, 1840
Portunus (Achelous) spinimanus (Latreille, 1819)⇒ Achelous spinimanus Latreille, 1819
Rodriguezus garmani Rathbun, 1898
Stenorhynchus seticornis Herbst, 1788Arrow crab
Uca pugnax Smith, 1870Atlantic marsh fiddler

Subnodes of Eubrachyura with occurrences in Tunapuna-Piarco
SubsectionHeterotremata
Guinot, 1977
5
10
9
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubsectionThoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
2
5
11
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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