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Checklist for Superfamily Galatheoidea Samouelle, 1819 (porcelain crabs)
and region Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
134
402
820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
134
402
820
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
80
289
645
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
78
282
629
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
72
271
613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
11
25
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Galatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Porcelain crabs, Squat lobsters
4
9
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mauritius
4 Families width 21 Species
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819Squat lobsters7SpeciesTaxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 20105SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 18740SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825Porcelain crab9SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mauritius
9 Genera with 21 Species
Allogalathea Miyake & Sakai, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Bathymunida Balss, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Galathea Fabricius, 20056SpeciesTaxom
Munida Leach, 19933SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsis Whiteaves, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom
Neopetrolisthes Miyake, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Petrolisthes Stimpson, 18808SpeciesTaxom
Pisidia Leach, 1820
0SpeciesTaxom
Sadayoshia Baba, 18841SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mauritius
21 Species
Allogalathea elegans Adams & White, 1848Crinoid squat lobster
Bathymunida polae Balss, 1914
Galathea affinis (Ristori, 1886)⇒ Galathea mauritiana Bouvier, 1914
Galathea mauritiana Bouvier, 1914
Galathea platycheles Miyake, 1953
Galathea robusta Baba, 1990
Galathea senta Macpherson &..., 2015
Galathea tropis Baba, 2005
Munida latior Baba, 2005
Munida rufiantennulata Baba, 1969
Munida sphinx Macpherson &..., 1993
Neopetrolisthes alobatus Laurie, 1926Yellow Porcelain Anemone Crab
Petrolisthes asiaticus Leach, 1820
Petrolisthes carinipes Heller, 1861
Petrolisthes lamarckii Leach, 1820Lamarck's Porcelain Crab
Petrolisthes penicillatus (Heller, 1861)⇒ Petrolisthes tomentosus Dana, 1852
Petrolisthes pubescens Stimpson, 1858Hairy Porcelain Crab
Petrolisthes rufescens Heller, 1861
Petrolisthes tomentosus Dana, 1852
Petrolisthes villosus (Richters, 1880)⇒ Petrolisthes tomentosus Dana, 1852
Sadayoshia edwardsii Miers, 1884

Subnodes of Galatheoidea with occurrences in Mauritius
FamilyGalatheidae
Samouelle, 1819
Squat lobsters
2
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMunididae
Ahyong, Baba, Macpherson, Poore, 2010
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMunidopsidae
Whiteaves, 1874
1
0
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPorcellanidae
Haworth, 1825
Porcelain crab, Porcelain crabs
3
9
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