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Checklist for Superfamily Galatheoidea Samouelle, 1819 (porcelain crabs)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
136
305
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
135
304
387
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
66
164
239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
65
161
236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
59
147
217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
9
22
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Galatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Porcelain crabs, Squat lobsters
3
8
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Peninsula
3 Families width 14 Species
Porcellanidae (Haworth, 1825)Porcelain crab8SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 18741SpeciesTaxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 20105SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Peninsula
8 Genera with 14 Species
Euceramus Stimpson, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Galacantha Milne-Edwards, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Megalobrachium Stimpson, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Munida Leach, 18835SpeciesTaxom
Pachycheles Stimpson, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Petrolisthes Stimpson, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Pisidia Leach, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Porcellana Lamarck, 18583SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
14 Species
Euceramus praelongus Stimpson, 1860Olivepit porcelain crab
Galacantha rostrata Milne-Edwards, 1880
Megalobrachium soriatum Say, 1818Pentagonal porcelain crab
Munida iris A. Milne Edw..., 1880
Munida irrasa A. Milne Edw..., 1880
Munida pusilla Benedict, 1902
Munida quadrispina Benedict, 1902
Munida valida Smith, 1883
Pachycheles rugimanus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Sculptured porcelain crab
Petrolisthes galathinus Bosc, 1802Banded porcelain crab
Pisidia streptocheles Stimpson, 1858
Porcellana sayana Leach, 1820Red Porcelain Crab
Porcellana sigsbeiana A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Striped porcelain crab
Porcellana streptocheles (Stimpson, 1858)⇒ Pisidia streptocheles Stimpson, 1858

Subnodes of Galatheoidea with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
FamilyMunididae
Ahyong, Baba, Macpherson, Poore, 2010
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMunidopsidae
Whiteaves, 1874
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPorcellanidae
Haworth, 1825
Porcelain crab, Porcelain crabs
6
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Galatheoidea at artfakta.se
Galatheoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Galatheoidea at dyntaxa.se
Galatheoidea at itis.gov
Galatheoidea at marinespecies.org