Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region Sri Lanka (South Asia)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 156
461
943 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 155
460
942 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 72
275
651 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 71
273
649 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 64
244
580 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Sri Lanka
64 Families width 580 Species and 22 Subspecies #ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTUVX
| Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Aethridae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Astacidae Latreille, 1802 | Astacid crayfishes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Axiidae Huxley, 1879 | Lobster shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Belliidae Dana, 1852 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 | Burrowing Ghost Shrimps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 | Coral gall crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 | Squat lobsters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 | Mole Crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 38 | Species | Taxom | | Lysmatidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 39 | Species | Taxom | | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 | Stilt crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Pandalidae Haworth, 1825 | Pandalid shrimp | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 | Deepwater hermit crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 58 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852 | Glass shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 | Blind lobsters | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 54 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890 | Hingebeak shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopodidae Risso, 1826 | Coral shrimps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903 | Mud shrimp | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 59 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in Sri Lanka | Infraorder | Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Hermit crabs and porcelain crabs, Mud shrimps | 10
15
41 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Astacidea
Latreille, 1802
Crayfish, Crayfishes and Lobsters, Lobsters | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Axiidea
de Saint Laurent, 1979
ghost shrimps, lobster shrimps | 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 36
170
400 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps | 10
42
109 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Palinura
Scholtz & Richter, 1995
| 3
11
16 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Stenopodidea
Bate, 1888
coral shrimps, glass sponge shrimps | 1
1
3 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Thalassinidea
Latreille, 1831
| 2
3
9 | 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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