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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Tanzania (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
157
518
1014
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
156
517
1012
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
81
341
735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
81
341
735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
74
319
695
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
12
35
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
2
2
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tanzania
2 Families width 6 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae (Latreille, 1825)Mole Crabs3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tanzania
2 Genera with 6 Species
Albunea Weber, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 18523SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tanzania
6 Species
Albunea steinitzi Holthuis, 1958
Albunea symmysta Linnaeus, 1758
Albunea symnista Linnaeus, 1758
Hippa adactyla Fabricius, 1787Turtle Crab
Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846Marbled Mole Crab
Hippa pacifica (Dana, 1852)⇒ Hippa marmorata Hombron & Ja..., 1846

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Tanzania
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyHippidae
Latreille, 1825
Mole Crabs, Sand crabs
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



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