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Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region Botswana (Southern Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
14
15
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
14
15
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
6
6
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
6
6
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
6
6
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Botswana
6 Families width 9 Species
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Atyidae (De Haan, 1849)Atyid shrimps3SpeciesTaxom
Parathelphusidae Alcock, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893Coral crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Potamidae (Ortmann, 1896)2SpeciesTaxom
Potamonautidae Bott, 19701SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Botswana
6 Genera with 9 Species
Cancellus H. Milne Edw..., 19241SpeciesTaxom
Caridina H. Milne Edw..., 18933SpeciesTaxom
Esanthelphusa Naiyanetr, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Palaeocarpilius A. Milne-Edw..., 18271SpeciesTaxom
Potamon Savigny, 19022SpeciesTaxom
Potamonautes MacLeay, 18641SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botswana
9 Species
Cancellus macrothrix Stebbing, 1924
Caridina africana Kingsley, 1883African caridina
Caridina nilotica Roux, 1833Common Caridina
Caridina togoensis (Hilgendorf, 1893)⇒ Caridina africana Kingsley, 1883
Esanthelphusa prolatus Rathbun, 1902
Palaeocarpilius macrochelus Berthold, 1827
Potamon dubius
Potamon prolatus (Rathbun, 1902)⇒ Esanthelphusa prolatus Rathbun, 1902
Potamonautes bayonianus Brito Capello, 1864

Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in Botswana
InfraorderAnomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Hermit crabs and porcelain crabs, Mud shrimps
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

InfraorderBrachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
4
4
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCaridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
1
1
3
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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