Checklist for Subsection Heterotremata Guinot, 1977
and region Kenya (East Africa)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 135
417
789 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 135
417
789 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 77
282
592 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 77
282
592 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 70
261
559 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 35
135
291 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 30
127
282 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 21
95
202 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Kenya
21 Families width 202 Species and 2 Subspecies #CEGHILMOPTX
| Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 50 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heterotremata with occurrences in Kenya | Superfamily | Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
| 2
4
9 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
| 1
1
4 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Carpilioidea
Ortmann, 1893
| 1
2
3 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Eriphioidea
MacLeay, 1838
| 3
5
11 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Gecarcinucoidea
Rathbun, 1904
| 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Hymenosomatoidea
MacLeay, 1838
| 1
2
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Leucosioidea
Samouelle, 1819
| 1
7
7 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs | 3
15
18 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Pilumnoidea
Samouelle, 1819
| 1
4
6 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
| 1
10
30 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Potamoidea
Ortmann, 1896
| 2
6
36 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Trapezioidea
Miers, 1886
| 2
7
24 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Xanthoidea
MacLeay, 1838
Xanthid crabs | 2
31
51 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
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