Checklist for Superfamily Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 (King crabs)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 336
1958
6058 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 334
1955
6050 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 158
1273
4744 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 157
1265
4714 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 147
1207
4462 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps | 17
155
1121 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Lithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs | 2
6
12 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Melanesia
2 Families width 12 Species
Genera for Melanesia
6 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Melanesia
12 Species | Dermaturus mandtii Brandt, 1850 | Wrinkled crab | | Hapalogaster grebnitzkii Schalfeew, 1892 | Soft crab | | Lithodes aequispinus Benedict, 1895 | Golden king crab | | Lithodes agassizii Smith, 1882 | | | Lithodes richeri Macpherson, 1990 | | | Neolithodes vinogradovi Macpherson, 1988 | | | Paralithodes brevipes H. Milne Edw..., 1841 | | | Paralomis dawsoni Macpherson, 2001 | | | Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911 | | | Paralomis haigae Eldredge, 1976 | | | Paralomis hirtella de Saint Lau..., 1997 | | | Paralomis verrilli Benedict, 1895 | |
Subnodes of Lithodoidea with occurrences in Melanesia
Links, sources and further information Lithodoidea at itis.gov
Lithodoidea at marinespecies.org
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