Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region Natal (Kwazulu-Natal)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 135
301
437 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 134
300
436 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 71
183
295 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 71
183
295 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 63
160
263 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Natal
63 Families width 263 Species and 2 Subspecies #ACDEGHILMNOPRSTUVX
| Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 | Burrowing Ghost Shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymonomidae Bouvier, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Disciadidae Rathbun, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 | Squat lobsters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Geryonidae Colosi, 1923 | Deepsea crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884 | Armored shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 | Mole Crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 | King crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lysmatidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Mithracidae Balss, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Nephropidae Dana, 1852 | Clawed Lobster | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pandalidae Haworth, 1825 | Pandalid shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 | Mud crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 | Deepwater hermit crabs | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852 | Glass shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Processidae Ortmann, 1896 | Night shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudothelphusidae Ortmann, 1893 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890 | Hingebeak shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903 | Mud shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 25 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in Natal | Infraorder | Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Hermit crabs and porcelain crabs, Mud shrimps | 9
21
40 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters | 1
2
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 37
111
177 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps | 12
16
30 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Palinura
Scholtz & Richter, 1995
| 2
7
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Thalassinidea
Latreille, 1831
| 2
3
4 | Families
Genera
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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