Taxonomy of Family Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838
Land crabs
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 1033
12148
92586 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 995
11546
91261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 379
5045
43294 | Families
Genera
Species |
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 376
5018
43105 | Families
Genera
Species |
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 278
4664
41091 | Families
Genera
Species |
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 156
2882
21182 | Families
Genera
Species |
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 128
2548
19326 | Families
Genera
Species |
Subsection
| Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 22
429
3543 | Families
Genera
Species |
Superfamily
| Grapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
| 9
183
1631 | Families
Genera
Species | | Family | Gecarcinidae
MacLeay, 1838
Land crabs | 19
86 | Genera
Species |
Subnodes of Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Genus | Cardiosoma
Agassiz, 1846 ⇒ Cardisoma
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Cardisoma
Latreille, 1828
Giant land crabs, Great land crabs | 16 | Species | | Genus | Carinacaris ♰
Garassino, 1994
| 2 | Species | | Genus | Discoplax
Milne-Edwards, 1867
| 9 | Species | | Genus | Epigarpsus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Epigrapsus
Heller, 1862
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Gecarcinoides
Agassiz, 1846 ⇒ Gecarcoidea
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Gecarcinus
Leach, 1814 ⇒ Gecarcoidea
| 23 | Species | | Genus | Gecarcoidea
H. Milne Edwards, 1837
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Gecarcoides
Agassiz, 1846 ⇒ Gecarcoidea
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Gigantinus ⇒ Gecarcinus
| 0 | Species | | Genus | Grapsodes
Heller, 1865 ⇒ Epigrapsus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Hylaeocarcinus
Wood-Mason, 1873 ⇒ Gecarcoidea
| 3 | Species | | Genus | Johngarthia
Türkay, 1970
| 7 | Species | | Genus | Limnocarcinus
De Man, 1879 ⇒ Gecarcoidea
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Mystacocarcinus
Hilgendorf, 1888 ⇒ Epigrapsus
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Pelocarcinus
H. Milne-Edwards, 1853 ⇒ Gecarcoidea
| 5 | Species | | Genus | Perigrapsus
Heller, 1862 ⇒ Cardisoma
| 1 | Species | | Genus | Tuerkayana
Guinot, Ng & Rodriguez Moreno, 2018
| 6 | Species |
Synonyms | Gerarcinidae (Grassé and Noirot, 1955) |
Native, vernacular names and spellings of Gecarcinidae
| German | Landkrabben | | English | Land crabs |
Distribution and Species lists of Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838
Distribution on islands
Ecozone River
Links, sources and further information Gecarcinidae at biodiversity.org.au
Gecarcinidae at gbif.org
Gecarcinidae at irmng.org
Gecarcinidae at itis.gov
Gecarcinidae at marinespecies.org
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