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Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region Wajir County (North Eastern Province, Kenya)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
8
9
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
8
9
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
6
7
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
6
7
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
5
6
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Wajir County
5 Families width 5 Species
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Pandalidae Haworth, 1825Pandalid shrimp2SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882Deepwater hermit crabs0SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Wajir County
6 Genera with 5 Species
Cancer Linnaeus, 1758Cancer Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Chlorotocus A. Milne-Edw..., 18711SpeciesTaxom
Dardanus Paulson, 17961SpeciesTaxom
Dorhynchus Thomson, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Parapagurus Smith, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Plesionika Bate, 18831SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Wajir County
5 Species
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Chlorotocus crassicornis A. Costa, 1871
Dardanus arrosor Herbst, 1796Striated Hermit Crab
Dorhynchus thomsoni Thomson, 1873Australian stork's bill
Plesionika martia A. Milne-Edw..., 1883Golden shrimp

Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in Wajir County
InfraorderAnomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Hermit crabs and porcelain crabs, Mud shrimps
2
2
1
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderBrachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
2
2
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

InfraorderCaridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps
1
2
2
Family
Genera
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