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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
22
28
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
22
28
29
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
17
23
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
17
23
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
16
22
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
10
15
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
10
15
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
7
12
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Grapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
4
6
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Taita-Taveta County
4 Families width 8 Species
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 18514SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18531SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Taita-Taveta County
6 Genera with 8 Species
Cardisoma Latreille, 1796giant land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Neosarmatium Serène & Soh, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Parasesarma De Man, 18692SpeciesTaxom
Pseudohelice Sakai, Türka..., 18511SpeciesTaxom
Sesarma Say, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taita-Taveta County
8 Species
Cardisoma carnifex Herbst, 1796Brown land crab
Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818Mottled lightfoot crab
Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758Abuete negro
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 Taita-Taveta County
FamilyGecarcinidae
MacLeay, 1838
Land crabs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyGrapsidae
MacLeay, 1838
Marsh crabs, Shore crabs, Talon crabs
1
2
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