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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Leeward Islands (Antilles)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
223
783
1581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
222
781
1579
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
109
505
1163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
109
505
1163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
102
479
1106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
15
72
240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
2
3
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Leeward Islands
2 Families width 8 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825Mole Crabs5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Leeward Islands
3 Genera with 8 Species
Albunea Weber, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1817Mole crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 17913SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Leeward Islands
8 Species
Albunea carabus Linnaeus, 1758Mole Crab
Albunea gibbesii Stimpson, 1859Surf mole crab
Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853Beach mole crab
Emerita analoga Stimpson, 1857Mole 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

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Leeward Islands
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippidae
Latreille, 1825
Mole Crabs, Sand crabs
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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