Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region Christmas Island (Australia)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 82
179
268 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 81
178
268 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 47
127
217 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 46
124
210 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 43
121
207 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Christmas Island
43 Families width 207 Species and 5 Subspecies #ABCDEGILMOPSTUVX
| Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Axiidae Huxley, 1879 | Lobster shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Barbouriidae Christoffersen, 1987 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Christmaplacidae Naruse & Ng, 2014 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 | Coral gall crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dacryopilumnidae Serène, 1984 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dairidae Ng & Rodriguez, 1986 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 | Squat lobsters | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Lysmatidae Dana, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 | Stilt crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pandalidae Haworth, 1825 | Pandalid shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852 | Glass shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopodidae Risso, 1826 | Coral shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thoridae Kingsley, 1878 | Anemone shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903 | Mud shrimp | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 55 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in Christmas Island | Infraorder | Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Hermit crabs and porcelain crabs, Mud shrimps | 7
18
37 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Axiidea
de Saint Laurent, 1979
ghost shrimps, lobster shrimps | 1
2
1 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 25
82
133 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps | 7
15
29 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Palinura
Scholtz & Richter, 1995
| 1
2
5 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Stenopodidea
Bate, 1888
coral shrimps, glass sponge shrimps | 1
1
2 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Thalassinidea
Latreille, 1831
| 1
1
0 | 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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