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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
734
7366
51296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
716
7312
51144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
268
3165
24238
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
265
3148
24112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
232
2987
23012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
23
316
4016
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
3
20
140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Continents
3 Families width 140 Species and 1 Subspecies
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs78SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002Spiny sand crabs10SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae (Latreille, 1825)Mole Crabs52SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Continents
20 Genera with 140 Species
Albunea Weber, 189336SpeciesTaxom
Austrolepidopa Efford & Haig, 19683SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipoda Randall, 18414SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1817Mole crabs13SpeciesTaxom
Harryhausenia Boyko, 20011SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 187822SpeciesTaxom
Italialbunea Beschin & De..., 19841SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopa Stimpson, 193418SpeciesTaxom
Leucolepidopa Efford, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Lophomastix Benedict, 20086SpeciesTaxom
Mastigochirus Miers, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Mastigopus Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Paralbunea Serène, 20128SpeciesTaxom
Paraleucolepidopa Calado, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Praealbunea Fraaije, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Remipes Latreille, 187815SpeciesTaxom
Skallamia Goedert & Be..., 20121SpeciesTaxom
Squillalbunea Boyko, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Stemonopa Efford & Haig, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Zygopa Holthuis, 19652SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Continents
140 Species and 1 Subspecies
Albunea bulla Boyko, 2002
Albunea carabus Linnaeus, 1758Mole Crab
Albunea catherinae Boyko, 2002
Albunea cuisiana Beschin, 1984
Albunea danai Boyko, 1999
Albunea dayriti (Serène & Umali, 1965)⇒ Paralbunea dayriti Serène & Umali, 1965
Albunea dentata Fabricius, 1793
Albunea dynnista
Albunea edsoni (Calado, 1997)⇒ Albunea symmysta Linnaeus, 1758
Albunea elegans A. Milne Edw..., 1898
Albunea elioti Benedict, 1904
Albunea galapagensis Boyko, 2002
Albunea gibbesii Stimpson, 1859Surf mole crab
Albunea groeningi Boyko, 2002
Albunea guerinii (Lucas, 1853)⇒ Albunea carabus Linnaeus, 1758
Albunea hahnae Blow, 1996
Albunea holthuisi Boyko & Harvey, 1999
Albunea intermedia (Balss, 1916)⇒ Paralbunea intermedia Balss, 1916
Albunea lucasia de Saussure, 1853Spiny mole crab
Albunea lutetiana (Beschin & De..., 1984)⇒ Italialbunea lutetiana Beschin, 1984
Albunea marquisiana Boyko, 2000
Albunea microps Miers, 1878Pointtip twinpod
Albunea occulatus Boyko, 2002
Albunea occulta Boyko, 2002
Albunea occultus (Boyko, 2002)⇒ Albunea occulta Boyko, 2002
Albunea okinawaensis Osawa & Fujita, 2007
Albunea oxyophthalma (Miers, 1878)⇒ Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853
Albunea paradoxa (Gordon, 1938)⇒ Paralbunea paradoxa Gordon, 1938
Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853Beach mole crab
Albunea speciosa Dana, 1852
Albunea squamista
Albunea steinitzi Holthuis, 1958
Albunea symmista Albunea occu..., 1758
Albunea symmysta Linnaeus, 1758
Albunea symnista Linnaeus, 1758
Albunea thurstoni Henderson, 1893Turner's buttercup
Austrolepidopa caledonia Boyko & Harvey, 1999
Austrolepidopa schmitti Efford & Haig, 1968
Austrolepidopa trigonops Efford & Haig, 1968
Blepharipoda doelloi Schmitt, 1942
Blepharipoda liberata Shen, 1949
Blepharipoda occidentalis Randall, 1840Spiny mole crab
Blepharipoda spinosa H. Milne Edw..., 1841
Emerita analoga Stimpson, 1857Mole Crab
Emerita asiatica H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Emerita austoafricana
Emerita austroafricana Schmitt, 1937
Emerita benedicti Schmitt, 1935Benedict sand crab
Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935
Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767Mole Crab
Emerita holthuisi Sankolli, 1965
Emerita karachiensis Niazi & Haque, 1974
Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935Puerto Rican sand crab
Emerita rathbunae Schmitt, 1935Tropical mole crab
Emerita taiwanensis Hsueh, 2015
Emerita talpoida Say, 1817Atlantic Mole Crab
Harryhausenia galantensis De Angeli, 2001
Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787Turtle Crab
Hippa admirabilis Thallwitz, 1892
Hippa alcimede De Man, 1902
Hippa analoga (Stimpson, 1857)⇒ Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935
Hippa asiatica (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767
Hippa australis Hale, 1927Mole Crab
Hippa carcineutes Holthuis & M..., 1970
Hippa celaeno De Man, 1896Sand Crab
Hippa coerulea
Hippa cubensis (Saussure, 1857)⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Hippa granulatus Borradaile, 1904
Hippa hirtipes Dana, 1852
Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846Marbled Mole Crab
Hippa ovalis A. Milne-Edw..., 1862
Hippa pacifica (Dana, 1852)⇒ Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846
Hippa picta Heller, 1861
Hippa rediviva
Hippa scutellata Fabricius, 1793
Hippa strigillata Stimpson, 1860
Hippa talpoida (Say, 1817)⇒ Emerita talpoida Say, 1817
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Hippa truncatifrons Miers, 1878
Italialbunea lutetiana Beschin, 1984
Lepidopa benedicti Schmitt, 1935
Lepidopa californica Efford, 1971California mole crab
Lepidopa chilensis Lenz, 1902
Lepidopa deamae Benedict, 1903
Lepidopa dexterae Abele & Efford, 1972
Lepidopa distincta Gomes, 1968
Lepidopa esposa Efford, 1971
Lepidopa luciae Boyko, 2002
Lepidopa mearnsi Benedict, 1903
Lepidopa mexicana Efford, 1971
Lepidopa myops Stimpson, 1860
Lepidopa panamaensis Efford, 1971
Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903
Lepidopa scutellata Stimpson, 1862
Lepidopa sorodeamae (Efford, 1971)⇒ Lepidopa deamae Benedict, 1903
Lepidopa venusta Stimpson, 1859Snakewood
Lepidopa websteri Benedict, 1903
Lepidopa wollebaeki Sivertsen, 1934
Leucolepidopa sunda Efford, 1969
Lophomastix altoonaensis Nybory, 2008
Lophomastix antiqua C. Schweitzer, 2000
Lophomastix boykoi Nuborg, 2008
Lophomastix diomedeae Benedict, 1904
Lophomastix japonica Duruflé, 1889
Lophomastix kellyi Nyborg, 2008
Mastigochirus gracilis Stimpson, 1858
Mastigochirus quadrilobatus Miers, 1878Pointtip twinpod
Mastigopus gracilis (Stimpson, W., 1858)⇒ Mastigochirus gracilis Stimpson, 1858
Paralbunea chani Boyko, 2020
Paralbunea chirotheca Boyko, 2020
Paralbunea dayriti Serène & Umali, 1965
Paralbunea intermedia Balss, 1916
Paralbunea manihinei Serène, 1977
Paralbunea mariellae Serène, 1973
Paralbunea paradoxa Gordon, 1938
Paralbunea takedai Osawa & Fujita, 2012
Paraleucolepidopa distincta Gomes Corrêa, 1968
Paraleucolepidopa myops Stimpson, 1860
Praealbunea rickorum Fraaije, 2002
Remipes admirabilis (Thallwitz, 1892)⇒ Hippa admirabilis Thallwitz, 1892
Remipes alcimede (De Man, 1902)⇒ Hippa alcimede De Man, 1902
Remipes celaeno (De Man, 1896)⇒ Hippa celaeno De Man, 1896
Remipes celebensis (Thallwitz, 1892)⇒ Hippa ovalis A. Milne-Edw..., 1862
Remipes cubensis (Saussure, 1857)⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Remipes denticulatifrons (White, 1847)⇒ Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
Remipes granulatus (Borradaile, 1904)⇒ Hippa granulatus Borradaile, 1904
Remipes hirtipes (Dana, 1852)⇒ Hippa hirtipes Dana, 1852
Remipes marmoratus (Hombron & Ja..., 1846)⇒ Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846
Remipes ovalis (A. Milne-Edw..., 1862)⇒ Hippa ovalis A. Milne-Edw..., 1862
Remipes pacificus (Dana, 1852)⇒ Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846
Remipes strigillatus (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Hippa strigillata Stimpson, 1860
Remipes testudinarius (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
Remipes testudinarius denticulatifrons (Miers, 1878)⇒ Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
Remipes truncatifrons (Miers, 1878)⇒ Hippa truncatifrons Miers, 1878
Skallamia buchanani Goedert & Be..., 2012
Squillalbunea mariellae (Serène, 1973)⇒ Squillalbunea scutelloides Garstang, 1897
Squillalbunea scutelloides Garstang, 1897
Stemonopa insignis Efford & Haig, 1968
Stemonopa prisca De Angeli, 2005
Zygopa michaelis Holthuis, 1961Blind mole crab
Zygopa nortoni Serène & Umali, 1965

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Continents
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
13
78
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBlepharipodidae
Boyko, 2002
spiny sand crabs
2
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippidae
Latreille, 1825
Mole Crabs, Sand crabs
5
52
Genera
Species

Taxom



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