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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Trinidad (Trinidad and Tobago)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
86
180
278
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
86
180
278
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
59
138
228
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
59
138
228
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
54
126
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
8
20
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
2
4
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Trinidad
2 Families width 6 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825Mole Crabs2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Trinidad
4 Genera with 6 Species
Albunea Weber, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1935Mole crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopa Stimpson, 18593SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Trinidad
6 Species
Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853Beach mole crab
Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935Puerto Rican sand crab
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Lepidopa luciae Boyko, 2002
Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903
Lepidopa venusta Stimpson, 1859Snakewood

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Trinidad
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom



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