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Checklist for Superfamily Grapsoidea MacLeay, 1838
and region Equatorial Guinea (Central Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
87
159
215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
87
159
215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
55
104
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
55
104
144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
50
98
138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
30
65
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
26
58
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
6
14
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Grapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
4
10
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Equatorial Guinea
4 Families width 14 Species
Sesarmidae Dana, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs6SpeciesTaxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Equatorial Guinea
10 Genera with 14 Species
Armases Abele, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinus Leach, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Geograpsus Stimpson, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Goniopsis De Haan, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 17651SpeciesTaxom
Johngarthia Türkay, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Pachygrapsus Randall, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Parasesarma De Man, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Percnon Gistel, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Sesarma Say, 18831SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Equatorial Guinea
14 Species
Armases elegans Herklots, 1851
Gecarcinus lateralis Freminville, 1835Bermuda land crab
Gecarcinus weileri (Sendler, 1912)⇒ Johngarthia weileri Sendler, 1912
Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
Goniopsis cruentata Latreille, 1803Mangrove crab
Goniopsis pelii Herklots, 1851
Grapsus adscensionis Osbeck, 1765East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab
Johngarthia lagostoma H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Johngarthia weileri Sendler, 1912
Pachygrapsus gracilis Saussure, 1858Dark shore crab
Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850Gibbes' Pachygrapsus
Parasesarma africanum Ortmann, 1894
Percnon planissimum Herbst, 1804Flat rock crab
Sesarma buettikoferi De Man, 1883

Subnodes of Grapsoidea with occurrences in Equatorial Guinea
FamilyGecarcinidae
MacLeay, 1838
Land crabs
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGrapsidae
MacLeay, 1838
Marsh crabs, Shore crabs, Talon crabs
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlagusiidae
Dana, 1851
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilySesarmidae
Dana, 1851
3
3
Genera
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