Checklist for Subsection Heterotremata Guinot, 1977
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 156
461
943 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 155
460
942 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 72
275
651 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 71
273
649 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 64
244
580 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 36
170
400 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 34
160
384 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 22
127
319 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Sri Lanka
22 Families width 319 Species and 9 Subspecies #ABCDEGILMOPTX
| Aethridae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belliidae Dana, 1852 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 38 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 58 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 54 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 59 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Heterotremata with occurrences in Sri Lanka | Superfamily | Aethroidea
Dana, 1851
| 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Bellioidea
Dana, 1852
| 1
1
0 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Calappoidea
De Haan, 1833
| 2
5
20 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Cancroidea
Latreille, 1802
| 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Carpilioidea
Ortmann, 1893
| 1
2
4 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Dorippoidea
MacLeay, 1838
| 1
2
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Eriphioidea
MacLeay, 1838
| 2
4
6 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Gecarcinucoidea
Rathbun, 1904
| 1
11
58 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Leucosioidea
Samouelle, 1819
| 1
14
38 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Majoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Spider crabs | 3
18
25 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Parthenopoidea
MacLeay, 1838
| 1
10
19 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Pilumnoidea
Samouelle, 1819
| 1
6
11 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
| 1
15
54 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Potamoidea
Ortmann, 1896
| 1
1
3 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Trapezioidea
Miers, 1886
| 2
3
15 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Superfamily | Xanthoidea
MacLeay, 1838
Xanthid crabs | 2
33
62 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Links, sources and further information Heterotremata at artfakta.se
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