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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Madagascar (Indian Ocean islands)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
232
864
1815
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
231
863
1814
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
122
593
1376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
120
590
1370
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
111
554
1307
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
15
62
212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
2
5
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Madagascar
2 Families width 10 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae (Latreille, 1825)Mole Crabs8SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Madagascar
5 Genera with 10 Species
Albunea Weber, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1767Mole crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopa Stimpson, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Remipes Latreille, 18061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Madagascar
10 Species
Albunea groeningi Boyko, 2002
Emerita austroafricana Schmitt, 1937
Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767Mole Crab
Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787Turtle Crab
Hippa asiatica (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767
Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846Marbled Mole Crab
Hippa ovalis A. Milne-Edw..., 1862
Hippa pacifica (Dana, 1852)⇒ Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846
Lepidopa californica Efford, 1971California mole crab
Remipes testudinarius (Latreille, 1806)⇒ Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Madagascar
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, 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