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Checklist for Superfamily Grapsoidea MacLeay, 1838
and region South America (America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
422
2215
7147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
418
2208
7139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
160
944
3732
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
157
934
3671
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
147
874
3445
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
79
509
1693
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
71
478
1620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
14
91
337
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Grapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
6
44
135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South America
6 Families width 135 Species and 2 Subspecies
Sesarmidae Dana, 185137SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 185337SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs14SpeciesTaxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 185112SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs34SpeciesTaxom
Glyptograpsidae Schubart, C..., 20021SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South America
44 Genera with 135 Species
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Aratus Milne Edwards, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Armases Abele, 189712SpeciesTaxom
Asthenognathus Stimpson, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Austrohelice Sakai, Türka..., 18511SpeciesTaxom
Cardiosoma Agassiz, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Cardisoma Latreille, 1858giant land crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Chasmagnathus De Haan, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Cyclograpsus H. Milne-Edw..., 18377SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtograpsus Dana, 18004SpeciesTaxom
Eriocheir De Haan, 18542SpeciesTaxom
Euchirograpsus H. Milne Edw..., 19752SpeciesTaxom
Gaetice Gistel, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinus Leach, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcoidea H. Milne Edw..., 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Geograpsus Stimpson, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Glyptograpsus Smith, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Goniograpsus Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Goniopsis De Haan, 18773SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 178310SpeciesTaxom
Guinusia Schubart & C..., 18352SpeciesTaxom
Helicana K. Sakai & Y..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Helice De Haan, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Hemigrapsus Dana, 18376SpeciesTaxom
Heterograpsus Lucas, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Johngarthia Türkay, 18603SpeciesTaxom
Leptograpsus H. Milne-Edw..., 17933SpeciesTaxom
Metaplax H. Milne Edw..., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Metasesarma H. Milne Edw..., 18973SpeciesTaxom
Metopograpsus H. Milne-Edw..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Neohelice Sakai, Türka..., 18511SpeciesTaxom
Pachygrapsus Randall, 18509SpeciesTaxom
Paragrapsus H. Milne Edw..., 18372SpeciesTaxom
Parasesarma De Man, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Percnon Gistel, 18043SpeciesTaxom
Plagusia Latreille, 17906SpeciesTaxom
Planes Bowdich, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Pseudogaetice Davie & N. K..., 19231SpeciesTaxom
Pseudograpsus H. Milne-Edw..., 17981SpeciesTaxom
Ptychognathus Stimpson, 19071SpeciesTaxom
Sesarma Say, 187018SpeciesTaxom
Sesarmops Serène & Soh, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Tetragrapsus Rathbun, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Utica White, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Varuna H. Milne Edw..., 19862SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South America
135 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aratus pacificus Thiercelin &..., 2014
Aratus pisonii H. Milne Edw..., 1837Mangrove Crab
Armases americanum Saussure, 1858Square-back American Marsh Crabs
Armases angustipes Dana, 1852
Armases angustum Smith, 1870
Armases benedicti Rathbun, 1897Fatfinger marsh crab
Armases cinereum Bosc, 1802Squareback marsh crab
Armases gorei Abele, 1981
Armases magdalenense Rathbun, 1918
Armases miersii Rathbun, 1897
Armases occidentale Smith, 1870
Armases ricordi H. Milne Edw..., 1853Beach Crab
Armases roberti H. Milne Edw..., 1853
Armases rubripes Rathbun, 1897
Asthenognathus microspinus S. Casadio, 2004
Austrohelice crassa Dana, 1851Tunneling Mud Crab. Burrowing Mud Crab
Cardiosoma crassum Smith, 1870
Cardisoma carnifex Herbst, 1796Brown land crab
Cardisoma crassum Smith, 1870Giant land crab
Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825Blue land crab
Cardisoma quadrata (Saussure, 1858)⇒ Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825
Chasmagnathus granulata (Dana, 1851)⇒ Neohelice granulata Dana, 1851
Chasmagnathus granulatus Dana, 1851
Cyclograpsus audouinii H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Cyclograpsus cinereus Dana, 1851
Cyclograpsus granulatus Dana, 1851
Cyclograpsus integer H. Milne Edw..., 1837Globose shore crab
Cyclograpsus lavauxi H. Milne Edw..., 1853Smooth shore crab
Cyclograpsus longipes Stimpson, 1858
Cyclograpsus punctatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Cyrtograpsus affinis Dana, 1851
Cyrtograpsus altimanus Rathbun, 1914
Cyrtograpsus angulatus Dana, 1851
Cyrtograpsus cirripes Smith, 1800
Eriocheir japonica De Haan, 1835Japanese mitten crab
Eriocheir sinensis Milne-Edwards, 1854Big sluice crab
Euchirograpsus americanus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880American talon crab
Euchirograpsus pacificus Türkay, 1975
Gaetice depressus De Haan, 1833
Gecarcinus lagostoma (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Johngarthia lagostoma H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Gecarcinus lateralis Freminville, 1835Bermuda land crab
Gecarcinus nobilii Perger & Wall, 2014
Gecarcinus planata (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Johngarthia planata Stimpson, 1860
Gecarcinus quadratus Saussure, 1853Halloween crab
Gecarcinus ruricola Linnaeus, 1758Black Crab
Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
Glyptograpsus impressus Smith, 1870
Goniograpsus innotatus (Dana, 1851)⇒ Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850
Goniopsis cruentata Latreille, 1803Mangrove crab
Goniopsis cruentatus
Goniopsis pulchra Lockington, 1877Racer Mangrove Crab
Grapsus adscensionis Osbeck, 1765East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab
Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818Mottled lightfoot crab
Grapsus cruentata (Latreille, 1803)⇒ 
Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758Abuete negro
Grapsus maculatus (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758
Grapsus ornatus (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758
Grapsus penicilliger (Fabricius, 1798)⇒ Pseudograpsus setosus Fabricius, 1798
Grapsus pictus (Lamarck, 1801)⇒ Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758
Grapsus planifrons (Dana, 1851)⇒ Leptograpsus variegatus Fabricius, 1793
Grapsus tenuicrustatus Herbst, 1783Natal lightfoot crab
Guinusia chabrus Linnaeus, 1758Cleft-Fronted Shore Crab
Guinusia dentipes De Haan, 1835
Helicana doerjesi K. Sakai, Tü..., 2006
Helice tientsinensis Rathbun, 1931
Hemigrapsus affinis Dana, 1851
Hemigrapsus crenulatus Milne Edwards, 1837Hairy-handed crab
Hemigrapsus estellinensis Creel, 1964
Hemigrapsus nudus Dana, 1851Naked Shore Crab
Hemigrapsus oregonensis Dana, 1851Green shore crab
Hemigrapsus sexdentatus Milne-Edwards, 1837Common Rock Crab
Heterograpsus barbimanus (Heller, 1865)⇒ Hemigrapsus nudus Dana, 1851
Johngarthia lagostoma H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Johngarthia malpilensis Faxon, 1893
Johngarthia planata Stimpson, 1860
Leptograpsus gayi (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Leptograpsus variegatus Fabricius, 1793
Leptograpsus rugulosus (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850
Leptograpsus variegatus Fabricius, 1793Large Shore Crab
Metaplax takahashii Sakai, 1939
Metasesarma obesum Dana, 1851Marble crab
Metasesarma rousseauxi (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Metasesarma obesum Dana, 1851
Metasesarma rubripes Rathbun, 1897
Metopograpsus frontalis Miers, 1880
Neohelice granulata Dana, 1851Cangrejo Granuloso
Pachygrapsus corrugatus von Martens, 1872
Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall, 1840Lined shore crab
Pachygrapsus gracilis Saussure, 1858Dark shore crab
Pachygrapsus laevimanus Stimpson, 1858
Pachygrapsus marmoratus Fabricius, 1793Marbled crab
Pachygrapsus maurus Lucas, 1846
Pachygrapsus plicatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Pleated rock crab
Pachygrapsus socius Stimpson, 1871Pacific Mottled Shore Crab
Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850Gibbes' Pachygrapsus
Paragrapsus gaimardii H. Milne Edw..., 1837Red-spotted Shore Crab
Paragrapsus quadridentatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Four-toothed Shore Crab
Parasesarma catenatum Ortmann, 1897
Percnon gibbesi H. Milne-Edw..., 1853Flat crab
Percnon pascuensis Retamal, 2002
Percnon planissimum Herbst, 1804Flat rock crab
Plagusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Guinusia chabrus Linnaeus, 1758
Plagusia dentipes (De Haan, 1833)⇒ Guinusia dentipes De Haan, 1835
Plagusia depressa Fabricius, 1775Flattened crab
Plagusia depressa tuberculata Lamarck, 1818
Plagusia immaculata Lamarck, 1818Pacific log rider
Plagusia squamosa Herbst, 1790Rafting Crab
Planes cyaneus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Planes major MacLeay, 1838
Planes major MacLeay, 1838Variegated shore crab
Planes marinus Rathbun, 1914Drifter crab
Planes minutus Linnaeus, 1758Columbus crab
Pseudogaetice americanus Rathbun, 1923
Pseudograpsus setosus Fabricius, 1798
Ptychognathus easteranus Rathbun, 1907
Sesarma (Holometopus) angustum (Smith, 1870)⇒ Armases angustum Smith, 1870
Sesarma (Holometopus) benedicti (Rathbun, 1897)⇒ Armases benedicti Rathbun, 1897
Sesarma (Holometopus) dehaani (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Eriocheir japonica De Haan, 1835
Sesarma miersii iheringi (Rathbun, 1918)⇒ Armases angustipes Dana, 1852
Sesarma (Holometopus) rectum Randall, 1840
Sesarma (Holometopus) ricordi (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Armases ricordi H. Milne Edw..., 1853
Sesarma aequatoriale Ortmann, 1894
Sesarma angustipes (Dana, 1852)⇒ Armases angustipes Dana, 1852
Sesarma crassipes Cano, 1889
Sesarma curacaoense De Man, 1892Mangrove Crab
Sesarma gorei (Abele, 1981)⇒ Armases gorei Abele, 1981
Sesarma gracilipes (H. Milne Edw..., 1854)⇒ Labuanium gracilipes H. Milne Edw..., 1854
Sesarma mulleri (A. Milne-Edw..., 1869)⇒ Sesarma rectum Randall, 1840
Sesarma occidentale (Smith, 1870)⇒ Armases occidentale Smith, 1870
Sesarma paraensis Beurlen, 1958
Sesarma reticulatum Say, 1817Heavy marsh crab
Sesarma rhizophorae Rathbun, 1906
Sesarma sulcatum Smith, 1870
Sesarmops impressus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Shore Crab
Tetragrapsus jouyi Rathbun, 1894
Utica borneensis De Man, 1895
Varuna litterata Fabricius, 1798Peregrine Crab
Varuna yui Hwang & Takeda, 1986Sundaic Paddler Crab

Subnodes of Grapsoidea with occurrences in South America
FamilyGecarcinidae
MacLeay, 1838
Land crabs
5
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyGlyptograpsidae
Schubart, Cuesta & Felder, 2002
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyGrapsidae
MacLeay, 1838
Marsh crabs, Shore crabs, Talon crabs
9
34
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPlagusiidae
Dana, 1851
4
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilySesarmidae
Dana, 1851
6
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyVarunidae
H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
19
37
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