Species list, Checklist of Family Hippidae (Mole Crabs) for Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)

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Checklist for Family Hippidae Latreille, 1825 (Mole Crabs)
and region Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	176 486 857	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	175 485 857	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	82 274 529	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	82 274 529	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	76 251 477	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	11 27 72	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 Mole crabs, Sand crabs	2 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Hippidae Latreille, 1825 Mole Crabs, Sand crabs	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Puerto Rico
2 Genera with 3 Species

Emerita Gronovius, 1935	Mole crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Hippa Fabricius, 1791		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Puerto Rico
3 Species

Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935	Puerto Rican sand crab
Hippa cubensis (Saussure, 1857)	⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791

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