Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Palinura for Gabon (Central Africa)

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Checklist for Infraorder Palinura Scholtz & Richter, 1995
and region Gabon (Central Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	95 184 256	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	95 184 256	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	64 129 195	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	63 127 192	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	58 111 157	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Palinura Scholtz & Richter, 1995	2 4 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Gabon
2 Families width 6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Scyllaridae (Latreille, 1825)	Shovel-nosed lobsters	3	Species	Taxom
Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874	Blind lobsters	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Gabon
4 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Gabon
6 Species and 1 Subspecies

Acantharctus posteli Forest, 1963
Polycheles sculptus S. I. Smith, 1880
Polycheles typhlops perarmatus Holthuis, 1952
Scyllarus caparti Holthuis, 1952	Common hop
Scyllarus posteli (Forest, 1963)	⇒ Acantharctus posteli Forest, 1963
Willemoesia forceps A. Milne-Edw..., 1880

Subnodes of Palinura with occurrences in Gabon

Superfamily	Eryonoidea De Haan, 1841	1 2 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Palinuroidea Latreille, 1802	1 2 3	Family Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palinura at marinespecies.org