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Checklist for Superfamily Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Somalia (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
105
269
463
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
105
269
463
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
63
187
343
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
62
186
342
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
57
171
320
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
34
116
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
29
104
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
20
79
157
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Portunoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
7
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Somalia
2 Families width 22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab20SpeciesTaxom
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923Deepsea crabs2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Somalia
7 Genera with 22 Species
Carcinus Leach, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Chaceon Manning & Ho..., 19932SpeciesTaxom
Charybdis De Haan, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Thalamita Latreille, 18999SpeciesTaxom
Thalamitoides A. Milne-Edw..., 18691SpeciesTaxom
Xiphonectes A. Milne Edw..., 19051SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Somalia
22 Species and 1 Subspecies
Carcinus maenas Linnaeus, 1758Asian Shore Crab
Chaceon affinis A. Milne-Edw..., 1894
Chaceon somaliensis Manning, 1993
Charybdis (Charybdis) feriata Linnaeus, 1758Coral Crab
Charybdis (Charybdis) natator Herbst, 1794Ridged Swimming Crab
Charybdis (Goniohellenus) omanensis Leene, 1938
Charybdis (Goniohellenus) smithii MacLeay, 1838
Charybdis feriatus (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Charybdis feriata Linnaeus, 1758
Portunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus J. F. W. Herbst, 1783Blood-spotted Swimming Crab
Portunus sanguinolentus sanguinolentus Herbst, 1783Red-spotted Swimming Crab
Portunus (Xiphonectes) acerbiterminalis (Stephenson &..., 1967)⇒ Portunus arabicus Nobili, 1905
Portunus (Xiphonectes) arabicus Nobili, 1905
Thalamita cooperi Borradaile, 1902
Thalamita crenata Rüppell, 1830Crenate swimming crab
Thalamita crosnieri Vannini, 1983
Thalamita foresti Crosnier, 1962
Thalamita helleri Hoffmann, 1874
Thalamita integra Dana, 1852
Thalamita prymna Herbst, 1803Blue-spined Swimming Crab
Thalamita spinifera Borradaile, 1902Swimming Crab
Thalamita woodmasoni Alcock, 1899
Thalamitoides quadridens A. Milne-Edw..., 1869
Xiphonectes arabicus Nobili, 1905

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

Taxom

FamilyPortunidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Swimming Crab, Swimming crabs
6
20
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