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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Southern South America (South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
321
1128
2408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
318
1123
2403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
110
413
981
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
108
405
941
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
101
376
882
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
16
58
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
3
5
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern South America
3 Families width 8 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002Spiny sand crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae (Latreille, 1825)Mole Crabs4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern South America
5 Genera with 8 Species
Albunea Weber, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipoda Randall, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1935Mole crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopa Stimpson, 19021SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern South America
8 Species
Albunea carabus Linnaeus, 1758Mole Crab
Blepharipoda doelloi Schmitt, 1942
Blepharipoda spinosa H. Milne Edw..., 1841
Emerita analoga Stimpson, 1857Mole Crab
Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935
Emerita rathbunae Schmitt, 1935Tropical mole crab
Hippa analoga (Stimpson, 1857)⇒ Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935
Lepidopa chilensis Lenz, 1902

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Southern South America
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBlepharipodidae
Boyko, 2002
spiny sand crabs
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippidae
Latreille, 1825
Mole Crabs, Sand crabs
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom



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