Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Lithodoidea (King crabs) for Galápagos Islands (Galápagos, Ecuador)

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Checklist for Superfamily Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 (King crabs)
and region Galápagos Islands (Galápagos, Ecuador)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	166 400 628	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	165 398 627	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	94 264 450	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	92 256 422	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	86 242 404	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Anomura MacLeay, 1838 Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps	15 41 90	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 King crabs, Stone crabs	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Galápagos Islands
2 Families width 3 Species

Hapalogastridae Brandt, 1850		1	Species	Taxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819	King crab	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Galápagos Islands
2 Genera with 3 Species

Acantholithodes Holmes, 1860		1	Species	Taxom
Lithodes Latreille, 1758		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Galápagos Islands
3 Species

Acantholithodes hispidus Stimpson, 1860	Fuzzy Crab
Lithodes galapagensis Hall & Thatje, 2009
Lithodes maja Linnaeus, 1758	Deepsea King Crab

Subnodes of Lithodoidea with occurrences in Galápagos Islands

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	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Lithodoidea at itis.gov
Lithodoidea at marinespecies.org