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Checklist for Superfamily Palaemonoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Saint Lucia (Lesser Antilles)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
92
172
233
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
92
172
233
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
66
134
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
66
134
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
59
121
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
11
29
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Palaemonoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
11
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Saint Lucia
2 Families width 22 Species
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815Palaemonid Shrimps21SpeciesTaxom
Euryrhynchidae Holthuis, 19501SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Saint Lucia
11 Genera with 22 Species
Cuapetes Clark, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Euryrhynchus Miers, 19781SpeciesTaxom
Gnathophylloides Schmitt, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Leander E. Desmarest, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Macrobrachium Bate, 1862Long-clawed freshwater prawns8SpeciesTaxom
Neopontonides Holthuis, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Palaemon Weber, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Periclimenaeus Borradaile, 19511SpeciesTaxom
Periclimenes Costa, 1924anemone shrimps5SpeciesTaxom
Pontonia Latreille, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Pseudopalaemon Sollaud, 19791SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Saint Lucia
22 Species
Cuapetes americanus Kingsley, 1878American grass shrimp
Euryrhynchus amazoniensis Tiefenbacher, 1978
Gnathophylloides mineri Schmitt, 1933Dwarf Urchin Shrimp
Leander tenuicornis Say, 1818Brown glass shrimp
Macrobrachium acanthurus Wiegmann, 1836Cinnamon river shrimp
Macrobrachium aracamuni Rodríguez, 1982
Macrobrachium carcinus Linnaeus, 1758Bigclaw river shrimp
Macrobrachium cortezi Rodríguez, 1982
Macrobrachium faustinum de Saussure, 1857
Macrobrachium heterochirus Wiegmann, 1836Cascade river prawn
Macrobrachium rosenbergii De Man, 1879Blue lobster
Macrobrachium scabriculum Heller, 1862Goda River prawn
Neopontonides chacei Heard, 1986
Palaemon pandaliformis Stimpson, 1871American Grass Shrimp
Periclimenaeus caraibicus Holthuis, 1951Clustered pellitory
Periclimenes americanus (Kingsley, 1878)⇒ Cuapetes americanus Kingsley, 1878
Periclimenes bowmani Chace, 1972
Periclimenes finlayi Chace, 1972
Periclimenes pedersoni (Chace, 1958)⇒ Psalidopus barbouri Chace, 1939
Periclimenes rathbunae Schmitt, 1924Sun Anemone Shrimp
Pontonia mexicana Guérin-Ménev..., 1855Caribbean pen shrimp
Pseudopalaemon amazonensis Ramos-Porto, 1979

Subnodes of Palaemonoidea with occurrences in Saint Lucia
FamilyEuryrhynchidae
Holthuis, 1950
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalaemonidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Palaemonid Shrimps
10
21
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Palaemonoidea at artfakta.se
Palaemonoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Palaemonoidea at dyntaxa.se
Palaemonoidea at itis.gov
Palaemonoidea at marinespecies.org