Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Hippoidea (mole crabs) for Mauritius (Indian Ocean islands)

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

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	134 402 820	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	134 402 820	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	80 289 645	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	78 282 629	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	72 271 613	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	11 25 72	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 Mole crabs, Sand crabs	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Mauritius
2 Families width 4 Species and 1 Subspecies

Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858	Mole crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Hippidae (Latreille, 1825)	Mole Crabs	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Mauritius
3 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Mauritius
4 Species and 1 Subspecies

Albunea symmysta Linnaeus, 1758
Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787	Turtle Crab
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Remipes testudinarius (Latreille, 1806)	⇒ Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787
Remipes testudinarius denticulatifrons (Miers, 1878)	⇒ Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Mauritius

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

Links, sources and further information

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