Species list, Checklist of Family Mithracidae for Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)

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Checklist for Family Mithracidae Balss, 1929
and region Indian Ocean islands (East Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	296 1339 3460	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	295 1337 3457	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	146 852 2513	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	143 844 2486	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	133 801 2376	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	72 469 1255	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	61 417 1165	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	47 339 952	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Majoidea Samouelle, 1819 Spider crabs	5 67 139	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Mithracidae Balss, 1929	6 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Indian Ocean islands
6 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Indian Ocean islands
6 Species

Damithrax hispidus (Herbst, 1790)	⇒ Mithrax hispidus Herbst, 1790
Hemus cristulipes A. Milne-Edw..., 1875
Mithraculus forceps A. Milne-Edw..., 1875	Red-ridged clinging crab
Mithrax (Mithraculus) forceps (A. Milne-Edw..., 1875)	⇒ Mithraculus forceps A. Milne-Edw..., 1875
Nemausa cornuta Saussure, 1857	Shorthorn clinging crab
Omalacantha bicornuta Latreille, 1825	Speck-claw Decorator Crab

Links, sources and further information

Mithracidae at gbif.org
Mithracidae at irmng.org
Mithracidae at itis.gov
Mithracidae at marinespecies.org