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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
337
1830
5827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
335
1828
5824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
161
1152
4062
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
159
1143
4017
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
148
1092
3833
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
18
129
688
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
3
7
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Japan
3 Families width 21 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs11SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002Spiny sand crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae (Latreille, 1825)Mole Crabs8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Japan
7 Genera with 21 Species
Albunea Weber, 17589SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipoda Randall, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1767Mole crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 18786SpeciesTaxom
Lophomastix Benedict, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Paralbunea Serène, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Remipes Latreille, 18781SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
21 Species
Albunea bulla Boyko, 2002
Albunea carabus Linnaeus, 1758Mole Crab
Albunea elioti Benedict, 1904
Albunea groeningi Boyko, 2002
Albunea marquisiana Boyko, 2000
Albunea microps Miers, 1878Pointtip twinpod
Albunea speciosa Dana, 1852
Albunea symmysta Linnaeus, 1758
Albunea symnista Linnaeus, 1758
Blepharipoda liberata Shen, 1949
Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767Mole Crab
Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787Turtle Crab
Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846Marbled Mole Crab
Hippa ovalis A. Milne-Edw..., 1862
Hippa pacifica (Dana, 1852)⇒ Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Hippa truncatifrons Miers, 1878
Lophomastix japonica Duruflé, 1889
Paralbunea dayriti Serène & Umali, 1965
Paralbunea takedai Osawa & Fujita, 2012
Remipes truncatifrons (Miers, 1878)⇒ Hippa truncatifrons Miers, 1878

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Japan
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
2
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBlepharipodidae
Boyko, 2002
spiny sand crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippidae
Latreille, 1825
Mole Crabs, Sand crabs
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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