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Checklist for Superfamily Grapsoidea MacLeay, 1838
and region Galápagos (Ecuador)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
174
426
680
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
173
424
679
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
97
280
487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
95
272
457
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
89
255
436
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
46
144
213
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
40
134
202
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
24
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Grapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
5
12
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Galápagos
5 Families width 17 Species
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18530SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Galápagos
12 Genera with 17 Species
Cardiosoma Agassiz, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Cardisoma Latreille, 1870giant land crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Euchirograpsus H. Milne Edw..., 19751SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Geograpsus Stimpson, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 18013SpeciesTaxom
Metasesarma H. Milne Edw..., 18511SpeciesTaxom
Pachygrapsus Randall, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Percnon Gistel, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Plagusia Latreille, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Planes Bowdich, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Ptychognathus Stimpson, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Galápagos
17 Species
Cardiosoma crassum Smith, 1870
Cardisoma carnifex Herbst, 1796Brown land crab
Cardisoma crassum Smith, 1870Giant land crab
Euchirograpsus pacificus Türkay, 1975
Gecarcinus ruricola Linnaeus, 1758Black Crab
Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818Mottled lightfoot crab
Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758Abuete negro
Grapsus pictus (Lamarck, 1801)⇒ Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758
Metasesarma obesum Dana, 1851Marble crab
Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall, 1840Lined shore crab
Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850Gibbes' Pachygrapsus
Percnon gibbesi H. Milne-Edw..., 1853Flat crab
Plagusia immaculata Lamarck, 1818Pacific log rider
Planes major MacLeay, 1838Variegated shore crab
Planes minutus Linnaeus, 1758Columbus crab

Subnodes of Grapsoidea with occurrences in Galápagos
FamilyGecarcinidae
MacLeay, 1838
Land crabs
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGrapsidae
MacLeay, 1838
Marsh crabs, Shore crabs, Talon crabs
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlagusiidae
Dana, 1851
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySesarmidae
Dana, 1851
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyVarunidae
H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
1
0
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