Species list, Checklist of Family Hippidae (Mole Crabs) for India (South Asia)

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Checklist for Family Hippidae Latreille, 1825 (Mole Crabs)
and region India (South Asia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	245 998 2525	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	244 997 2524	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	122 616 1784	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	122 616 1784	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	114 575 1659	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	15 59 199	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 Mole crabs, Sand crabs	2 3 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Hippidae Latreille, 1825 Mole Crabs, Sand crabs	2 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for India
2 Genera with 6 Species

Emerita Gronovius, 1965	Mole crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Hippa Fabricius, 1852		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for India
6 Species

Emerita asiatica H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Emerita austroafricana Schmitt, 1937
Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767	Mole Crab
Emerita holthuisi Sankolli, 1965
Hippa asiatica (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)	⇒ Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767
Hippa pacifica (Dana, 1852)	⇒ Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846

Links, sources and further information

Hippidae at biodiversity.org.au
Hippidae at gbif.org
Hippidae at irmng.org
Hippidae at itis.gov
Hippidae at marinespecies.org