Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Hippoidea (mole crabs) for Macaronesia (North Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Macaronesia (North Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	222 602 1335	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	221 601 1334	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	99 305 771	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	98 297 728	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	90 267 641	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	14 36 113	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 Mole crabs, Sand crabs	2 2 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Macaronesia
2 Families width 5 Species

Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858	Mole crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825	Mole Crabs	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Macaronesia
2 Genera with 5 Species

Albunea Weber, 1853		2	Species	Taxom
Hippa Fabricius, 1791		3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Macaronesia
5 Species

Albunea carabus Linnaeus, 1758	Mole Crab
Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853	Beach mole crab
Hippa carcineutes Holthuis & M..., 1970
Hippa cubensis (Saussure, 1857)	⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Macaronesia

Family	Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858 Mole crabs, sand crabs	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Hippidae Latreille, 1825 Mole Crabs, Sand crabs	1 3	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Hippoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Hippoidea at itis.gov
Hippoidea at marinespecies.org