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Checklist for Superfamily Grapsoidea MacLeay, 1838
and region Changamwe (Changamwe Constituency, Taita-Taveta County, Kenya)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
6
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
6
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
6
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
6
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
6
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
6
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
6
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
6
11
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Grapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
4
6
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Changamwe
4 Families width 7 Species
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 18514SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18531SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Changamwe
6 Genera with 7 Species
Cardisoma Latreille, 1796giant land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Neosarmatium Serène & Soh, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Parasesarma De Man, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Pseudohelice Sakai, Türka..., 18511SpeciesTaxom
Sesarma Say, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Changamwe
7 Species
Cardisoma carnifex Herbst, 1796Brown land crab
Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818Mottled lightfoot crab
Neosarmatium meinerti (De Man, 1887)⇒ Neosarmatium africanum Ragionieri, ..., 2012
Parasesarma bidens De Haan, 1835
Parasesarma guttatum A Milne-Edwards, 1869
Pseudohelice subquadrata Dana, 1851
Sesarma quadrilaterum

Subnodes of Grapsoidea with occurrences in Changamwe
FamilyGecarcinidae
MacLeay, 1838
Land crabs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyGrapsidae
MacLeay, 1838
Marsh crabs, Shore crabs, Talon crabs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilySesarmidae
Dana, 1851
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyVarunidae
H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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