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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
156
461
943
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
155
460
942
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
72
275
651
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
71
273
649
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
64
244
580
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
10
15
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Sri Lanka
1 Family width 3 Species
Hippidae Latreille, 1825Mole Crabs3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Sri Lanka
2 Genera with 3 Species
Emerita Gronovius, 1767Mole crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 17912SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sri Lanka
3 Species
Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767Mole Crab
Hippa asiatica (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Emerita emeritus Linnaeus, 1767
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Sri Lanka
FamilyHippidae
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