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Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region South Tanzania (Tanganyika, Tanzania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
58
105
136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
58
105
136
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
37
82
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
37
82
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
36
77
107
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Tanzania
4 Families width 107 Species and 2 Subspecies
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838Mud crabs7SpeciesTaxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs12SpeciesTaxom
Stenopodidae Risso, 1826Coral shrimps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South Tanzania
4 Genera with 107 Species
Actaeodes Dana, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Coenobita Latreille, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1880Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Stenopus Latreille, 18111SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Tanzania
107 Species and 2 Subspecies
Actaeodes tomentosus H. Milne Edw..., 1834Spiny-legged Rock Crab
Coenobita rugosus H. Milne-Edw..., 1837Ruggie Hermit Crab
Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1880
Stenopus hispidus Olivier, 1811Banded Boxer Shrimp

Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in South Tanzania
InfraorderAnomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Hermit crabs and porcelain crabs, Mud shrimps
5
8
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderBrachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
24
57
81
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderStenopodidea
Bate, 1888
coral shrimps, glass sponge shrimps
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