Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Hippoidea (mole crabs) for Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

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Myriapods	Net-winged
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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Ascension (Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	117 230 338	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	117 230 338	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	54 100 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	53 99 159	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	49 92 136	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	6 9 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 Mole crabs, Sand crabs	2 2 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Ascension
2 Families width 4 Species

Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858	Mole crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825	Mole Crabs	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Ascension
2 Genera with 4 Species

Albunea Weber, 1758		1	Species	Taxom
Hippa Fabricius, 1791		3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Ascension
4 Species

Albunea carabus Linnaeus, 1758	Mole Crab
Hippa carcineutes Holthuis & M..., 1970
Hippa cubensis (Saussure, 1857)	⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Ascension

Family	Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858 Mole crabs, sand crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Hippidae Latreille, 1825 Mole Crabs, Sand crabs	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Hippoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Hippoidea at itis.gov
Hippoidea at marinespecies.org