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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Cape of Good Hope (Cape Peninsula)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
37
56
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
37
56
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
24
37
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
23
35
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
23
35
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
16
27
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
14
22
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
11
16
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
3
4
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape of Good Hope
2 Families width 4 Species
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923Deepsea crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape of Good Hope
3 Genera with 4 Species
Chaceon Manning & Ho..., 19882SpeciesTaxom
Thalamita Latreille, 18031SpeciesTaxom
Xaiva MacLeay, 19471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape of Good Hope
4 Species
Chaceon chuni Macpherson, 1983
Chaceon macphersoni Manning & Ho..., 1988
Thalamita prymna Herbst, 1803Blue-spined Swimming Crab
Xaiva mcleayi Barnard, 1947

Subnodes of Portunoidea with occurrences in Cape of Good Hope
FamilyGeryonidae
Colosi, 1923
Deepsea crabs
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Portunoidea at artfakta.se
Portunoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Portunoidea at dyntaxa.se
Portunoidea at itis.gov
Portunoidea at marinespecies.org