Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Palinuroidea for Nicaragua (Central America)

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Checklist for Superfamily Palinuroidea Latreille, 1802
and region Nicaragua (Central America)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	108 235 409	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	108 235 409	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	77 189 348	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	76 185 342	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	71 167 297	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Palinura Scholtz & Richter, 1995	3 5 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Palinuroidea Latreille, 1802	2 4 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Nicaragua
2 Families width 7 Species

Palinuridae Latreille, 1802	Crawfish	1	Species	Taxom
Scyllaridae (Latreille, 1825)	Shovel-nosed lobsters	6	Species	Taxom

Genera for Nicaragua
4 Genera with 7 Species

Species list for Nicaragua
7 Species

Panulirus argus Latreille, 1804	Caribbean spiny lobster
Parribacus antarcticus Lund, 1793	Sculptured Mitten Lobster
Scyllarides aequinoctialis Lund, 1793	Crayfish
Scyllarus chacei Holthuis, 1960	Chace slipper lobster
Scyllarus depressus Smith, 1881	Scaled slipper lobster
Scyllarus faxoni Bouvier, 1917
Scyllarus nearctus (Holthuis, 1960)	⇒ Scyllarus depressus Smith, 1881

Subnodes of Palinuroidea with occurrences in Nicaragua

Family	Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 Crawfish, Crayfish, furry lobsters, Langouste, Rock lobsters, Sea crayfish, spiny lobster, Spiny lobsters	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 shovel-nosed lobsters, Slipper lobster, Slipper lobsters	3 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Palinuroidea at artfakta.se
Palinuroidea at dyntaxa.se
Palinuroidea at marinespecies.org