Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region American Samoa (Polynesia)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 63
163
287 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 63
163
287 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 46
144
261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 46
144
261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 43
140
261 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for American Samoa
43 Families width 261 Species and 1 Subspecies #ACDEGHLMOPSTVX
| Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aethridae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 | Burrowing Ghost Shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 | Coral gall crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dairidae Ng & Rodriguez, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 | Squat lobsters | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Oplophoridae Dana, 1852 | Deepsea shrimps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852 | Glass shrimps | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopodidae Risso, 1826 | Coral shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Thoridae Kingsley, 1878 | Anemone shrimp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 55 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in American Samoa | Infraorder | Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Hermit crabs and porcelain crabs, Mud shrimps | 5
13
43 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 26
93
158 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps | 8
27
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Palinura
Scholtz & Richter, 1995
| 2
4
4 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Stenopodidea
Bate, 1888
coral shrimps, glass sponge shrimps | 1
2
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Thalassinidea
Latreille, 1831
| 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
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Links, sources and further information Pleocyemata at artfakta.se
Pleocyemata at biodiversity.org.au
Pleocyemata at dyntaxa.se
Pleocyemata at itis.gov
Pleocyemata at marinespecies.org
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