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Checklist for Superfamily Galatheoidea Samouelle, 1819 (porcelain crabs)
and region Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
109
274
393
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
108
273
392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
63
200
306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
63
200
306
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
58
185
283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
10
27
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Galatheoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Porcelain crabs, Squat lobsters
4
14
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Zanzibar Archipelago
4 Families width 20 Species
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 20107SpeciesTaxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819Squat lobsters3SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825Porcelain crab7SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 18743SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Zanzibar Archipelago
14 Genera with 20 Species
Agononida Baba & de Sa..., 18881SpeciesTaxom
Allogalathea Miyake & Sakai, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Enosteoides Johnson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Galacantha Milne-Edwards, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Galathea Fabricius, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Lissoporcellana Haig, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Munida Leach, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsis Whiteaves, 18942SpeciesTaxom
Neopetrolisthes Miyake, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Paramunida Baba, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Petrolisthes Stimpson, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Polyonyx Stimpson, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanella White, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Raymunida Macpherson &..., 19021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Zanzibar Archipelago
20 Species
Agononida incerta Henderson, 1888
Allogalathea elegans Adams & White, 1848Crinoid squat lobster
Enosteoides ornatus Stimpson, 1858
Galacantha rostrata Milne-Edwards, 1880
Galathea pubescens Stimpson, 1858Kauila
Galathea spinosorostris Dana, 1852
Lissoporcellana quadrilobata Miers, 1884Fourlobed Porcelain Crab
Munida andamanica Alcock, 1894
Munida incerta (Henderson, 1888)⇒ Agononida incerta Henderson, 1888
Munida japonica Stimpson, 1858
Munida vigiliarum Alcock, 1901
Munidopsis (Munidopsis) wardeni Anderson, 1896
Munidopsis levis Alcock & And..., 1894
Neopetrolisthes maculates Milne-Edward..., 1837
Paramunida tricarinata Alcock, 1894
Petrolisthes lamarckii Leach, 1820Lamarck's Porcelain Crab
Petrolisthes rufescens Heller, 1861
Polyonyx biunguiculatus Dana, 1852
Porcellanella triloba White, 1852Polka-dotted Porcelain Crab
Raymunida elegantissima De Man, 1902

Subnodes of Galatheoidea with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago
FamilyGalatheidae
Samouelle, 1819
Squat lobsters
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMunididae
Ahyong, Baba, Macpherson, Poore, 2010
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMunidopsidae
Whiteaves, 1874
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPorcellanidae
Haworth, 1825
Porcelain crab, Porcelain crabs
6
7
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