Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Lithodoidea (King crabs) for Cape (Republic South Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 (King crabs)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	242 727 1187	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	240 725 1182	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	100 340 567	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	99 337 563	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	92 310 509	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	14 44 99	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 King crabs, Stone crabs	2 4 9	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cape
2 Families width 9 Species

Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819	King crab	8	Species	Taxom
Hapalogastridae Brandt, 1850		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Cape
4 Genera with 9 Species

Species list for Cape
9 Species

Lithodes confundens Macpherson, 1988
Lithodes murrayi Henderson, 1888	Threelobe buttercup
Lithodes santolla Molina, 1782	Centolla
Neolithodes asperrimus Barnard, 1947
Paralomis aculeata Henderson, 1888	Threelobe buttercup
Paralomis gowlettholmes Ahyong, 2010
Paralomis granulosa Hombron & Ja..., 1846
Paralomis taylorae Ahyong, 2010
Placetron wosnessenskii Schalfeew, 1892	Scaled crab

Subnodes of Lithodoidea with occurrences in Cape

Family	Hapalogastridae Brandt, 1850	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 king crab, King crabs, Stone and king crabs, Stone crabs, stone crabs and king crabs	3 8	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Lithodoidea at itis.gov
Lithodoidea at marinespecies.org