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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Brazil (Northern South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
306
1110
2373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
304
1107
2372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
122
496
1310
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
120
490
1294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
111
447
1177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
13
49
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
3
7
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brazil
3 Families width 14 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs7SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002Spiny sand crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae (Latreille, 1825)Mole Crabs6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Brazil
7 Genera with 14 Species
Albunea Weber, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipoda Randall, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1935Mole crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 17912SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopa Stimpson, 18594SpeciesTaxom
Paraleucolepidopa Calado, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Remipes Latreille, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazil
14 Species
Albunea gibbesii Stimpson, 1859Surf mole crab
Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853Beach mole crab
Blepharipoda doelloi Schmitt, 1942
Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935
Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767Mole Crab
Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935Puerto Rican sand crab
Hippa cubensis (Saussure, 1857)⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Lepidopa benedicti Schmitt, 1935
Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903
Lepidopa scutellata Stimpson, 1862
Lepidopa venusta Stimpson, 1859Snakewood
Paraleucolepidopa distincta Gomes Corrêa, 1968
Remipes cubensis (Saussure, 1857)⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Brazil
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBlepharipodidae
Boyko, 2002
spiny sand crabs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippidae
Latreille, 1825
Mole Crabs, Sand crabs
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Hippoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Hippoidea at itis.gov
Hippoidea at marinespecies.org