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Checklist for Superfamily Leucosioidea Samouelle, 1819
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
333
1353
3152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
330
1350
3144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
126
588
1419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
124
579
1397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
115
535
1257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
59
321
673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
52
292
623
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
39
228
466
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Leucosioidea
Samouelle, 1819
1
17
27
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern Africa
1 Family width 27 Species
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819Nut crabs27SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern Africa
17 Genera with 27 Species
Acanthilia Galil, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Actaeomorpha Miers, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Afrophila Galil, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Arcania Leach, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Ebalia Leach, 18738SpeciesTaxom
Ilia Leach, 18812SpeciesTaxom
Iliacantha Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Ixa Leach, 1817
0SpeciesTaxom
Leucisca MacLeay, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Leucosia Weber, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Myra Leach, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Myropsis Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Persephona Leach, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Philyra Leach, 18553SpeciesTaxom
Pseudophilyra Miers, 18761SpeciesTaxom
Soceulia Galil, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Speloeophorus A. Milne-Edw..., 18711SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
27 Species
Acanthilia intermedia Miers, 1886Granulose purse crab
Actaeomorpha erosa Miers, 1877Pointtip twinpod
Afrophila punctata Bell, 1855
Arcania cornuta MacGilchrist, 1905
Arcania undecimspinosa De Haan, 1841Three-spined Box Crab
Ebalia agglomus Barnard, 1955
Ebalia barnardi Stebbing, 1914
Ebalia glomus Stebbing, 1921
Ebalia postulans Stebbing, 1910
Ebalia scandens Stebbing, 1910
Ebalia stimpsoni A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Thinarm clutch crab
Ebalia tuberculata ♰ (Miers, 1881)⇒ Ebalia yokoyai Sakai, 1965
Ebalia tuberculosa Milne-Edwards, 1873Nut-crab
Ilia nucleus Linnaeus, 1758Nut-crab
Ilia spinosa Miers, 1881
Iliacantha subglobosa Stimpson, 1871Longfinger purse crab
Leucisca squalina MacLeay, 1838
Leucosia reticulata Miers, 1877
Myra fugax Fabricius, 1798Fleeting Purse Crab
Myropsis quinquespinosa Stimpson, 1871Fivespine purse crab
Persephona aquilonaris Rathbun, 1933
Philyra globus Fabricius, 1775
Philyra platychira De Haan, 1841
Philyra punctata (Bell, 1855)⇒ Afrophila punctata Bell, 1855
Pseudophilyra perryi Miers, 1876
Soceulia marmorea Bell, 1855
Speloeophorus pontifer Stimpson, 1871Smallhole clutch crab

Subnodes of Leucosioidea with occurrences in Southern Africa
FamilyLeucosiidae
Samouelle, 1819
nut crabs, pebble crabs, Purse crabs
17
27
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Leucosioidea at artfakta.se
Leucosioidea at biodiversity.org.au
Leucosioidea at dyntaxa.se
Leucosioidea at itis.gov
Leucosioidea at marinespecies.org