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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region India (South Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
245
998
2525
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
244
997
2524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
122
616
1784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
122
616
1784
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
114
575
1659
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
15
59
199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
2
3
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for India
2 Families width 13 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs7SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae (Latreille, 1825)Mole Crabs6SpeciesTaxom


Genera for India
3 Genera with 13 Species
Albunea Weber, 18937SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1965Mole crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 18522SpeciesTaxom


Species list for India
13 Species
Albunea carabus Linnaeus, 1758Mole Crab
Albunea dynnista
Albunea microps Miers, 1878Pointtip twinpod
Albunea squamista
Albunea symmysta Linnaeus, 1758
Albunea symnista Linnaeus, 1758
Albunea thurstoni Henderson, 1893Turner's buttercup
Emerita asiatica H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Emerita austroafricana Schmitt, 1937
Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767Mole Crab
Emerita holthuisi Sankolli, 1965
Hippa asiatica (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767
Hippa pacifica (Dana, 1852)⇒ Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in India
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippidae
Latreille, 1825
Mole Crabs, Sand crabs
2
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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