Checklist for Superfamily Grapsoidea MacLeay, 1838
and region Ghana (West Africa)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 87
185
301 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 87
185
301 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 61
140
243 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 60
135
235 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 54
124
215 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 31
76
116 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 28
71
109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 8
18
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Grapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
| 5
12
17 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Ghana
5 Families width 17 Species
Genera for Ghana
12 Genera with 17 Species | Armases Abele, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Asthenognathus Stimpson, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cardisoma Latreille, 1851 | giant land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goniopsis De Haan, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsus Lamarck, 1758 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Guinearma Shahdadi & S..., 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metagrapsus H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pachygrapsus Randall, 1850 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parasesarma De Man, 1894 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Percnon Gistel, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusia Latreille, 1775 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarma Say, 1851 | | 3 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Ghana
17 Species | Armases elegans Herklots, 1851 | | | Asthenognathus atlanticus Monod, 1933 | | | Cardisoma armatum Herklots, 1851 | African rainbow crab | | Goniopsis cruentata Latreille, 1803 | Mangrove crab | | Goniopsis pelii Herklots, 1851 | | | Grapsus adscensionis Osbeck, 1765 | East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab | | Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758 | Abuete negro | | Guinearma huzardi Desmarest, 1825 | | | Metagrapsus curvatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837 | | | Pachygrapsus gracilis Saussure, 1858 | Dark shore crab | | Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850 | Gibbes' Pachygrapsus | | Parasesarma africanum Ortmann, 1894 | | | Percnon gibbesi H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | Flat crab | | Plagusia depressa Fabricius, 1775 | Flattened crab | | Sesarma (Chiromantes) africanum (Ortmann, 1894) | ⇒ Parasesarma africanum Ortmann, 1894 | | Sesarma (Chiromantes) huzardi Desmarest, 1825 | | | Sesarma (Holometopus) elegans (Herklots, 1851) | ⇒ Armases elegans Herklots, 1851 |
Subnodes of Grapsoidea with occurrences in Ghana
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
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