Checklist for Suborder Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963
and region Zanzibar Archipelago (Tanzania)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 109
274
393 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 108
273
392 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 63
200
306 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 63
200
306 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 58
185
283 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Zanzibar Archipelago
58 Families width 283 Species #ACDEGHILMOPRSTUVX
| Aethridae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Axiidae Huxley, 1879 | Lobster shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 | Coral gall crabs | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988 | Reef lobsters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 | Squat lobsters | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 | Mole Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Oplophoridae Dana, 1852 | Deepsea shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 | Deepwater hermit crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 | Blind lobsters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Processidae Ortmann, 1896 | Night shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890 | Hingebeak shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopodidae Risso, 1826 | Coral shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903 | Mud shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 31 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Pleocyemata with occurrences in Zanzibar Archipelago | Infraorder | Anomura
MacLeay, 1838
Hermit crabs, Hermit Crabs and Mole Crabs, Hermit crabs and porcelain crabs, Mud shrimps | 10
27
52 | 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
2
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 34
116
162 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Caridea
Dana, 1852
Caridean shrimps | 7
29
53 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Palinura
Scholtz & Richter, 1995
| 3
7
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Stenopodidea
Bate, 1888
coral shrimps, glass sponge shrimps | 1
2
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Infraorder | Thalassinidea
Latreille, 1831
| 1
1
1 | Family
Genus
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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