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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Caribbean (America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
337
1476
3860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1471
3855
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
142
796
2403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
140
790
2381
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
131
743
2233
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
18
102
445
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
2
6
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Caribbean
2 Families width 16 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae (Latreille, 1825)Mole Crabs7SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Caribbean
6 Genera with 16 Species
Albunea Weber, 18534SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1817Mole crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 17913SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopa Stimpson, 18594SpeciesTaxom
Paraleucolepidopa Calado, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Remipes Latreille, 18571SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean
16 Species
Albunea carabus Linnaeus, 1758Mole Crab
Albunea gibbesii Stimpson, 1859Surf mole crab
Albunea oxyophthalma (Miers, 1878)⇒ Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853
Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853Beach mole crab
Emerita analoga Stimpson, 1857Mole Crab
Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935Puerto Rican sand crab
Emerita talpoida Say, 1817Atlantic Mole Crab
Hippa cubensis (Saussure, 1857)⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Hippa pacifica (Dana, 1852)⇒ Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Lepidopa distincta Gomes, 1968
Lepidopa luciae Boyko, 2002
Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903
Lepidopa venusta Stimpson, 1859Snakewood
Paraleucolepidopa distincta Gomes Corrêa, 1968
Remipes cubensis (Saussure, 1857)⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Caribbean
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippidae
Latreille, 1825
Mole Crabs, Sand crabs
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



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