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Checklist for Superfamily Galatheoidea Samouelle, 1819 (porcelain crabs)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
135
417
789
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
135
417
789
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
77
282
592
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
77
282
592
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
70
261
559
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
8
22
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Galatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Porcelain crabs, Squat lobsters
2
7
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
2 Families width 19 Species
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 20107SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825Porcelain crab12SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
7 Genera with 19 Species
Agononida Baba & de Sa..., 18881SpeciesTaxom
Munida Leach, 18854SpeciesTaxom
Neopetrolisthes Miyake, 18373SpeciesTaxom
Pachycheles Stimpson, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Padrycheles1SpeciesTaxom
Paramunida Baba, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Petrolisthes Stimpson, 18527SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
19 Species
Agononida incerta Henderson, 1888
Munida brucei Baba, 1974
Munida incerta (Henderson, 1888)⇒ Agononida incerta Henderson, 1888
Munida japonica Stimpson, 1858
Munida scabra (Henderson, 1885)⇒ Paramunida scabra Henderson, 1885
Neopetrolisthes alobatus Laurie, 1926Yellow Porcelain Anemone Crab
Neopetrolisthes maculates Milne-Edward..., 1837
Neopetrolisthes maculatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Small-dot Anemone Crab
Pachycheles pisoides Heller, 1865
Padrycheles pisoides Heller, C., 1865
Paramunida scabra (Henderson, 1885)⇒ Paramunida tricarinata Alcock, 1894
Paramunida tricarinata Alcock, 1894
Petrolisthes asiaticus Leach, 1820
Petrolisthes borradailei Kropp, 1984
Petrolisthes boscii Audouin, 1826
Petrolisthes lamarckii Leach, 1820Lamarck's Porcelain Crab
Petrolisthes ornatus Paulson, 1875
Petrolisthes rufescens Heller, 1861
Petrolisthes tomentosus Dana, 1852

Subnodes of Galatheoidea with occurrences in Kenya
FamilyMunididae
Ahyong, Baba, Macpherson, Poore, 2010
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPorcellanidae
Haworth, 1825
Porcelain crab, Porcelain crabs
4
12
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