Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Hippoidea (mole crabs) for Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)

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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Puerto Rico (Greater Antilles)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	176 486 857	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	175 485 857	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	82 274 529	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	82 274 529	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	76 251 477	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	11 27 72	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 Mole crabs, Sand crabs	2 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Puerto Rico
2 Families width 6 Species

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

Genera for Puerto Rico
4 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Puerto Rico
6 Species

Albunea gibbesii Stimpson, 1859	Surf mole crab
Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853	Beach mole crab
Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935	Puerto Rican sand crab
Hippa cubensis (Saussure, 1857)	⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Puerto Rico

Family	Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858 Mole crabs, sand crabs	2 3	Genera 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