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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Indo-Pacific (Ecozones)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
139
846
5738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
139
846
5738
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
112
797
5607
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
111
796
5606
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
101
727
5147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
17
149
2137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
3
12
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Indo-Pacific
3 Families width 48 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs26SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002Spiny sand crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825Mole Crabs20SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Indo-Pacific
12 Genera with 48 Species
Albunea Weber, 189313SpeciesTaxom
Austrolepidopa Efford & Haig, 19683SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipoda Randall, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 2015Mole crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 187813SpeciesTaxom
Leucolepidopa Efford, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Lophomastix Benedict, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Mastigochirus Miers, 18782SpeciesTaxom
Paralbunea Serène, 20126SpeciesTaxom
Squillalbunea Boyko, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Stemonopa Efford & Haig, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Zygopa Holthuis, 19651SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indo-Pacific
48 Species
Albunea bulla Boyko, 2002
Albunea danai Boyko, 1999
Albunea elioti Benedict, 1904
Albunea groeningi Boyko, 2002
Albunea holthuisi Boyko & Harvey, 1999
Albunea marquisiana Boyko, 2000
Albunea microps Miers, 1878Pointtip twinpod
Albunea occulta Boyko, 2002
Albunea okinawaensis Osawa & Fujita, 2007
Albunea speciosa Dana, 1852
Albunea steinitzi Holthuis, 1958
Albunea symmysta Linnaeus, 1758
Albunea thurstoni Henderson, 1893Turner's buttercup
Austrolepidopa caledonia Boyko & Harvey, 1999
Austrolepidopa schmitti Efford & Haig, 1968
Austrolepidopa trigonops Efford & Haig, 1968
Blepharipoda liberata Shen, 1949
Emerita austroafricana Schmitt, 1937
Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767Mole Crab
Emerita holthuisi Sankolli, 1965
Emerita karachiensis Niazi & Haque, 1974
Emerita taiwanensis Hsueh, 2015
Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787Turtle Crab
Hippa admirabilis Thallwitz, 1892
Hippa alcimede De Man, 1902
Hippa australis Hale, 1927Mole Crab
Hippa caelano De Man, 1896
Hippa carcineutes Holthuis & M..., 1970
Hippa granulata Borradaile, 1904
Hippa hirtipes Dana, 1852
Hippa indica Haig, Muruga..., 1986
Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846Marbled Mole Crab
Hippa ovalis A. Milne-Edw..., 1862
Hippa picta Heller, 1861
Hippa truncatifrons Miers, 1878
Leucolepidopa sunda Efford, 1969
Lophomastix japonica Duruflé, 1889
Mastigochirus gracilis Stimpson, 1858
Mastigochirus quadrilobatus Miers, 1878Pointtip twinpod
Paralbunea chani Boyko, 2020
Paralbunea chirotheca Boyko, 2020
Paralbunea dayriti Serène & Umali, 1965
Paralbunea manihinei Serène, 1977
Paralbunea paradoxa Gordon, 1938
Paralbunea takedai Osawa & Fujita, 2012
Squillalbunea scutelloides Garstang, 1897
Stemonopa insignis Efford & Haig, 1968
Zygopa nortoni Serène & Umali, 1965

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Indo-Pacific
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
7
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBlepharipodidae
Boyko, 2002
spiny sand crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippidae
Latreille, 1825
Mole Crabs, Sand crabs
3
20
Genera
Species

Taxom



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