Species list, Checklist of Family Hippidae (Mole Crabs) for Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)

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Checklist for Family Hippidae Latreille, 1825 (Mole Crabs)
and region Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	134 402 820	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	134 402 820	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	80 289 645	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	78 282 629	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	72 271 613	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	11 25 72	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 Mole crabs, Sand crabs	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Hippidae Latreille, 1825 Mole Crabs, Sand crabs	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Mauritius
2 Genera with 3 Species

Hippa Fabricius, 1791		2	Species	Taxom
Remipes Latreille, 1878		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Mauritius
3 Species and 1 Subspecies

Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787	Turtle Crab
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Remipes testudinarius (Latreille, 1806)	⇒ Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
Remipes testudinarius denticulatifrons (Miers, 1878)	⇒ Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787

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