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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
205
595
1110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
204
594
1109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
98
312
633
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
97
311
631
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
89
279
556
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
14
42
106
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
2
4
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Venezuela
2 Families width 9 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825Mole Crabs5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Venezuela
4 Genera with 9 Species
Albunea Weber, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1935Mole crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 17912SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopa Stimpson, 18622SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Venezuela
9 Species
Albunea gibbesii Stimpson, 1859Surf mole crab
Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853Beach mole crab
Emerita analoga Stimpson, 1857Mole Crab
Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935
Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935Puerto Rican sand crab
Hippa cubensis (Saussure, 1857)⇒ Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903
Lepidopa scutellata Stimpson, 1862

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

Taxom

FamilyHippidae
Latreille, 1825
Mole Crabs, Sand crabs
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom



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