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Checklist for Superfamily Lithodoidea Samouelle, 1819 (King crabs)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
246
1090
2530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
245
1089
2527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
134
788
2104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
133
784
2097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
124
745
2006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Mud shrimps
15
82
319
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Lithodoidea
Samouelle, 1819
King crabs, Stone crabs
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua New Guinea
1 Family width 2 Species
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua New Guinea
2 Genera with 2 Species
Neolithodes Milne-Edward..., 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Paralomis White, 19972SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
2 Species
Paralomis dofleini Balss, 1911
Paralomis hirtella de Saint Lau..., 1997

Subnodes of Lithodoidea with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
FamilyLithodidae
Samouelle, 1819
king crab, King crabs, Stone and king crabs, Stone crabs, stone crabs and king crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Lithodoidea at itis.gov
Lithodoidea at marinespecies.org