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Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region Low Island (South Shetland Islands)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
22
31
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
22
31
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
7
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
7
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
7
9
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Low Island
7 Families width 10 Species
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838Demon-faced crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825Shovel-nosed lobsters2SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae (Rafinesque, 1815)Fiddler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Crangonidae Haworth, 1825Crangonid Shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903Mud shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Low Island
9 Genera with 10 Species
Clibanarius Dana, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Diogenes Dana, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Dorippe Weber, 17931SpeciesTaxom
Eduarctus Holthuis, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1818Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Philocheras Stebbing, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Scyllarus Fabricius, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Upogebia Leach, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Xiphonectes A. Milne Edw..., 17981SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Low Island
10 Species
Clibanarius merguiensis De Man, 1888
Clibanarius virescens Krauss, 1843Coastal Hermit Crab
Diogenes avarus Heller, 1865Gorman's buttercup
Dorippe quadridens Fabricius, 1793
Eduarctus martensii Pfeffer, 1881Slipper Lobster
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Philocheras japonicus Doflein, 1902
Scyllarus sordidus Stimpson, 1860
Upogebia balmaorum Ngoc-Ho, 1990
Xiphonectes hastatoides Fabricius, 1798

Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in Low Island
InfraorderAnomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Hermit crabs and porcelain crabs, Mud shrimps
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderBrachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
3
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

InfraorderPalinura
Scholtz & Richter, 1995
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderThalassinidea
Latreille, 1831
1
1
1
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