Species list, Checklist of Family Hippidae (Mole Crabs) for Western Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)

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Checklist for Family Hippidae Latreille, 1825 (Mole Crabs)
and region Western Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	144 584 1678	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	143 583 1677	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	116 527 1573	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	114 524 1570	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	106 479 1467	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	17 89 371	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 Mole crabs, Sand crabs	3 7 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Hippidae Latreille, 1825 Mole Crabs, Sand crabs	2 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Western Atlantic Ocean
2 Genera with 5 Species

Emerita Gronovius, 1817	Mole crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Hippa Fabricius, 1791		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Western Atlantic Ocean
5 Species

Emerita benedicti Schmitt, 1935	Benedict sand crab
Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935
Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935	Puerto Rican sand crab
Emerita talpoida Say, 1817	Atlantic Mole Crab
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