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Checklist for Family Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 (Marsh crabs)
and region Cairns (Cape York Peninsula, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
78
182
237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
78
182
237
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
56
145
192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
56
145
192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
52
132
176
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
30
84
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
29
83
106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
11
29
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Grapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
4
16
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyGrapsidae
MacLeay, 1838
Marsh crabs, Shore crabs, Talon crabs
2
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Cairns
2 Genera with 3 Species
Grapsus Lamarck, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Metopograpsus H. Milne-Edw..., 18472SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cairns
3 Species
Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818Mottled lightfoot crab
Metopograpsus frontalis Miers, 1880
Metopograpsus latifrons White, 1847

Subnodes of Grapsidae with occurrences in Cairns
SubfamilyGrapsinae
MacLeay, 1838
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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