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Checklist for Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825 (mole crabs)
and region Western Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
144
584
1678
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
143
583
1677
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
116
527
1573
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
114
524
1570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
106
479
1467
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
17
89
371
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Hippoidea
Latreille, 1825
Mole crabs, Sand crabs
3
7
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Atlantic Ocean
3 Families width 19 Species
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs13SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002Spiny sand crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825Mole Crabs5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Atlantic Ocean
7 Genera with 19 Species
Albunea Weber, 18533SpeciesTaxom
Blepharipoda Randall, 19421SpeciesTaxom
Emerita Gronovius, 1817Mole crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Hippa Fabricius, 17911SpeciesTaxom
Lepidopa Stimpson, 19037SpeciesTaxom
Paraleucolepidopa Calado, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Zygopa Holthuis, 19612SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Atlantic Ocean
19 Species
Albunea catherinae Boyko, 2002
Albunea gibbesii Stimpson, 1859Surf mole crab
Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853Beach mole crab
Blepharipoda doelloi Schmitt, 1942
Emerita benedicti Schmitt, 1935Benedict sand crab
Emerita brasiliensis Schmitt, 1935
Emerita portoricensis Schmitt, 1935Puerto Rican sand crab
Emerita talpoida Say, 1817Atlantic Mole Crab
Hippa testudinaria Herbst, 1791
Lepidopa benedicti Schmitt, 1935
Lepidopa boykoi Ortiz, Tello..., 2018
Lepidopa dexterae Abele & Efford, 1972
Lepidopa luciae Boyko, 2002
Lepidopa richmondi Benedict, 1903
Lepidopa venusta Stimpson, 1859Snakewood
Lepidopa websteri Benedict, 1903
Paraleucolepidopa distincta Gomes Corrêa, 1968
Zygopa lalanai Ortiz, 2015
Zygopa michaelis Holthuis, 1961Blind mole crab

Subnodes of Hippoidea with occurrences in Western Atlantic Ocean
FamilyAlbuneidae
Stimpson, 1858
Mole crabs, sand crabs
4
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyBlepharipodidae
Boyko, 2002
spiny sand crabs
1
1
Genus
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