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Checklist for Family Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 (Stone crabs)
and region Taiwan (East Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
213
1140
3971
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
213
1140
3971
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
135
903
3435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
134
898
3401
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
126
845
3107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
70
529
1791
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
62
478
1675
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
47
358
1263
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Eriphioidea
MacLeay, 1838
4
11
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyMenippidae
Ortmann, 1893
Stone crabs
6
27
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Taiwan
6 Genera with 27 Species
Eriphia Latreille, 186511SpeciesTaxom
Globopilumnus Balss, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Menippe De Haan, 1798Stone crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Myomenippe Hilgendorf, 18312SpeciesTaxom
Ozius H. Milne-Edw..., 18346SpeciesTaxom
Sphaerozius Stimpson, 19412SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Taiwan
27 Species and 1 Subspecies
Eriphia ferox Koh & Ng, 2008
Eriphia fordii (MacLeay, 1838)⇒ Eriphia sebana Shaw & Nodder, 1803
Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781)⇒ Eriphia scabricula Dana, 1852
Eriphia laevimana (GuĂ©rin, 1829)⇒ Eriphia sebana Shaw & Nodder, 1803
Eriphia marginata Walker, 1849
Eriphia pilumnoides (Ward, 1941)⇒ Eriphia scabricula Dana, 1852
Eriphia scabricula Dana, 1852Hairy Banded Crab
Eriphia sebana Shaw & Nodder, 1803Red-eyed Rock Crab
Eriphia smithi Mcleay, 1838
Eriphia smithii MacLeay, 1838Rough redeye crab
Eriphia trapeziformis (Hess, 1865)⇒ Eriphia sebana Shaw & Nodder, 1803
Globopilumnus globosus spinosus (Balss, 1933)⇒ Eupilumnus globosus Dana, 1852
Menippe convexa (Rathbun, 1894)⇒ Sphaerozius nitidus Stimpson, 1858
Menippe duplicidens (Hilgendorf, 1878)⇒ Myomenippe hardwickii Gray, 1831
Menippe granulosa (A. Milne-Edw..., 1867)⇒ Myomenippe hardwickii Gray, 1831
Menippe martensii (Krauss, 1843)⇒ Chlorodiella laevissima Dana, 1852
Menippe rumphii Fabricius, 1798
Myomenippe fornasinii Bianconi, 1851
Myomenippe hardwickii Gray, 1831
Ozius (Epixanthus) frontalis (H. Milne Edw..., 1834)⇒ Parathelphusa convexa De Man, 1879
Ozius guttatus H. Milne Edw..., 1834Spotted Belly Crab
Ozius rugulosus Stimpson, 1858
Ozius speciosus (Hilgendorf, 1869)⇒ Ozius guttatus H. Milne Edw..., 1834
Ozius truncatus H. Milne-Edw..., 1834Black finger crab
Ozius tuberculosus H. Milne Edw..., 1834
Sphaerozius nitidus Stimpson, 1858Kauila
Sphaerozius oeschi (Ward, 1941)⇒ Sphaerozius nitidus Stimpson, 1858


Links, sources and further information
Menippidae at biodiversity.org.au
Menippidae at gbif.org
Menippidae at irmng.org
Menippidae at itis.gov
Menippidae at marinespecies.org