Species list, Checklist of Family Hippidae (Mole Crabs) for Venezuela (Northern South America)

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Checklist for Family Hippidae Latreille, 1825 (Mole Crabs)
and region Venezuela (Northern South America)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	205 595 1110	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	204 594 1109	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	98 312 633	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	97 311 631	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	89 279 556	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	14 42 106	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 Mole crabs, Sand crabs	2 4 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Hippidae Latreille, 1825 Mole Crabs, Sand crabs	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Venezuela
2 Genera with 5 Species

Emerita Gronovius, 1935	Mole crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Hippa Fabricius, 1791		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Venezuela
5 Species

Emerita analoga Stimpson, 1857	Mole Crab
Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935
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