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Checklist for Subsection Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977
and region Antilles (Caribbean islands)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
306
1298
3138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
303
1294
3134
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
131
724
2006
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
129
719
1992
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
121
676
1865
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
61
392
867
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
53
357
798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
11
54
175
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Antilles
11 Families width 175 Species and 1 Subspecies
Sesarmidae Dana, 185135SpeciesTaxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833Commensal Crabs25SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875Coral gall crabs6SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18536SpeciesTaxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 18519SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs46SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs24SpeciesTaxom
Glyptograpsidae Schubart, C..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs14SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Antilles
54 Genera with 175 Species
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Aratus Milne Edwards, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Armases Abele, 18979SpeciesTaxom
Austinixa Heard & Manning, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Cardisoma Latreille, 1825giant land crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Chiromantes Gistel, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Clypeasterophilus Campos and G..., 19172SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochirus Heller, 01SpeciesTaxom
Cyclograpsus H. Milne-Edw..., 18371SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtograpsus Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Dissodactylus Smith, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Euchirograpsus H. Milne Edw..., 20103SpeciesTaxom
Fabia Dana, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinus Leach, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcoidea H. Milne Edw..., 1837
0SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17584SpeciesTaxom
Geograpsus Stimpson, 18953SpeciesTaxom
Glassella Campos & Wic..., 1997
0SpeciesTaxom
Glyptograpsus Smith, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Goniopsis De Haan, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 17837SpeciesTaxom
Hapalocarcinus Stimpson, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Johngarthia Türkay, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Leptograpsus H. Milne-Edw..., 17931SpeciesTaxom
Leptuca Bott, 19005SpeciesTaxom
Limotheres Holthuis, 19751SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 18671SpeciesTaxom
Metopaulias Rathbun, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Metopograpsus H. Milne-Edw..., 18391SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 18046SpeciesTaxom
Neohelice Sakai, Türka..., 18511SpeciesTaxom
Neosarmatium Serène & Soh, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1787Ghost Crab10SpeciesTaxom
Opecarcinus Kropp and Ma..., 19772SpeciesTaxom
Orthotheres Sakai, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Ostracotheres H. Milne Edw..., 19071SpeciesTaxom
Pachygrapsus Randall, 18507SpeciesTaxom
Palicus Philippi, 188014SpeciesTaxom
Paraleptuca Bott, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Parapinnixa Holmes, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Percnon Gistel, 18043SpeciesTaxom
Pinnixa White, 19012SpeciesTaxom
Pinnotheres Bosc, 19054SpeciesTaxom
Plagusia Latreille, 17903SpeciesTaxom
Planes Bowdich, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Sesarma Say, 199422SpeciesTaxom
Troglocarcinus Verrill, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Tumidotheres Campos, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Tunicotheres Campos, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1814Fiddler crab18SpeciesTaxom
Ucides Rathbun, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Utinomiella Kropp and Ta..., 19061SpeciesTaxom
Varuna H. Milne Edw..., 19862SpeciesTaxom
Zaops Rathbun, 18172SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Antilles
175 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aratus pisonii H. Milne Edw..., 1837Mangrove Crab
Armases americanum Saussure, 1858Square-back American Marsh Crabs
Armases angustipes Dana, 1852
Armases angustum Smith, 1870
Armases cinereum Bosc, 1802Squareback marsh crab
Armases miersii Rathbun, 1897
Armases occidentale Smith, 1870
Armases ricordi H. Milne Edw..., 1853Beach Crab
Armases roberti H. Milne Edw..., 1853
Armases rubripes Rathbun, 1897
Austinixa gorei Manning & Fe..., 1989Gore pea crab
Cardisoma armatum Herklots, 1851African rainbow crab
Cardisoma crassum Smith, 1870Giant land crab
Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825Blue land crab
Chiromantes eulimene De Man, 1897Marsh crab
Clypeasterophilus juvenilis Bouvier, 1917
Clypeasterophilus rugatus Bouvier, 1917
Cryptochirus corallicola
Cyclograpsus integer H. Milne Edw..., 1837Globose shore crab
Cyrtograpsus affinis Dana, 1851
Cyrtograpsus angulatus Dana, 1851
Dissodactylus crinitichelis Moreira, 1901Seabiscuit pea crab
Dissodactylus primitivus Bouvier, 1917Heart Urchin Pea Crab
Dissodactylus rugatus (Bouvier, 1917)⇒ Clypeasterophilus rugatus Bouvier, 1917
Euchirograpsus americanus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880American talon crab
Euchirograpsus antillensis Türkay, 1975Antillean talon crab
Euchirograpsus danielae N. K. Ng & M..., 2010
Fabia byssomiae Say, 1818
Gecarcinus lagostoma (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Johngarthia lagostoma H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Gecarcinus lateralis Freminville, 1835Bermuda land crab
Gecarcinus quadratus Saussure, 1853Halloween crab
Gecarcinus ruricola Linnaeus, 1758Black Crab
Gelasimus platydactylus (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Uca major Herbst, 1782
Gelasimus pugnax (Smith, 1870)⇒ Uca pugnax Smith, 1870
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Geograpsus crinipes Dana, 1851
Geograpsus lividus (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
Geograpsus stormi De Man, 1895
Glyptograpsus jamaicensis Benedict, 1802
Goniopsis cruentata Latreille, 1803Mangrove crab
Goniopsis pulchra Lockington, 1877Racer Mangrove Crab
Grapsus adscensionis Osbeck, 1765East Atlantic Sally Lightfoot Crab
Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818Mottled lightfoot crab
Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758Abuete negro
Grapsus maculatus (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758
Grapsus pictus (Lamarck, 1801)⇒ Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758
Grapsus planifrons (Dana, 1851)⇒ Leptograpsus variegatus Fabricius, 1793
Grapsus tenuicrustatus Herbst, 1783Natal lightfoot crab
Hapalocarcinus marsupialis Stimpson, 1859Coral gall crab
Johngarthia lagostoma H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Leptograpsus variegatus Fabricius, 1793Large Shore Crab
Leptuca cumulanta Crane, 1943
Leptuca leptodactyla Rathbun, 1898
Leptuca pugilator Bosc, 1802Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
Leptuca speciosa Ives, 1891
Leptuca thayeri Rathbun, 1900Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab
Limotheres nasutus Holthuis, 1975
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) grandidieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1867
Metopaulias depressus Rathbun, 1896
Metopograpsus thukuhar Owen, 1839Alamihi Crab
Minuca burgersi Holthuis, 1967
Minuca minax LeConte, 1855
Minuca mordax Smith, 1870Smith's Fiddler Crab
Minuca pugnax Smith, 1870Mud Fiddler Crab
Minuca rapax Smith, 1870Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Minuca vocator Herbst, 1804
Neohelice granulata Dana, 1851Cangrejo Granuloso
Neosarmatium meinerti (De Man, 1887)⇒ Neosarmatium africanum Ragionieri, ..., 2012
Ocypode albicans (Bosc, 1802)⇒ Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787
Ocypode arenaria Say, 1817
Ocypode arenarius (Say, 1817)⇒ Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Ocypode cursor Linnaeus, 1758Tufted ghost crab
Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1843Cart Driver Crab
Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, 1846Pallid ghost crab
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787Atlantic ghost crab
Opecarcinus crescentus Edmondson, 1925
Opecarcinus hypostegus Shaw & Hopkins, 1977
Orthotheres barbatus Desbonne, 1867
Orthotheres serrei Rathbun, 1909
Orthotheres strombi Rathbun, 1905Conch pea crab
Ostracotheres subglobosus Baker, 1907Swollen Pea Crab
Pachygrapsus corrugatus von Martens, 1872
Pachygrapsus gracilis Saussure, 1858Dark shore crab
Pachygrapsus marmoratus Fabricius, 1793Marbled crab
Pachygrapsus minutus A. Milne-Edw..., 1873Shore Crab
Pachygrapsus planifrons De Man, 1888
Pachygrapsus plicatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Pleated rock crab
Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850Gibbes' Pachygrapsus
Palicus affinis A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Antillean stilt crab
Palicus alternatus Rathbun, 1897Labile stilt crab
Palicus angustus Rathbun, 1897
Palicus caronii Roux, 1828
Palicus cristatipes A. Milne-Edw..., 1880
Palicus cursor A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Bathyal stilt crab
Palicus dentatus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Armored stilt crab
Palicus depressus Rathbun, 1897
Palicus faxoni Rathbun, 1897Finned stilt crab
Palicus floridanus Rathbun, 1918Lance-tipped Darner
Palicus gracilipes A. Milne-Edw..., 1880
Palicus gracilis Smith, 1883Delicate stilt crab
Palicus rathbuni A. Milne-Edw..., 1899
Palicus sicus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Winged stilt crab
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Green-eyed Fiddler Crab
Parapinnixa bouvieri Rathbun, 1918
Parapinnixa hendersoni Rathbun, 1918
Percnon abbreviatum Dana, 1851Abbreviated Rock Crab
Percnon gibbesi H. Milne-Edw..., 1853Flat crab
Percnon planissimum Herbst, 1804Flat rock crab
Pinnixa arenicola Rathbun, 1922
Pinnixa minuta Rathbun, 1901
Pinnotheres moseri (Rathbun, 1918)⇒ Tunicotheres moseri Rathbun, 1918
Pinnotheres ostrearius (Rathbun, 1901)⇒ Zaops geddesi Miers, 1880
Pinnotheres shoemakeri Rathbun, 1918
Pinnotheres strombi (Rathbun, 1905)⇒ Orthotheres strombi Rathbun, 1905
Plagusia depressa Fabricius, 1775Flattened crab
Plagusia immaculata Lamarck, 1818Pacific log rider
Plagusia squamosa Herbst, 1790Rafting Crab
Planes major MacLeay, 1838Variegated shore crab
Planes marinus Rathbun, 1914Drifter crab
Planes minutus Linnaeus, 1758Columbus crab
Sesarma (Holometopus) angustum (Smith, 1870)⇒ Armases angustum Smith, 1870
Sesarma (Holometopus) miersii (M. J. Rathbun, 1897)⇒ Armases miersii Rathbun, 1897
Sesarma (Holometopus) rectum Randall, 1840
Sesarma (Holometopus) ricordi (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Armases ricordi H. Milne Edw..., 1853
Sesarma americana de Saussure, 1857
Sesarma americanum (Saussure, 1858)⇒ Armases americanum Saussure, 1858
Sesarma ayatum Schubart, Re..., 1998
Sesarma bidentatum Benedict, 1892
Sesarma bromeliarum Rathbun, 1896
Sesarma bromelium (Rathbun, 1896)⇒ Armases roberti H. Milne Edw..., 1853
Sesarma cinereum (Bosc, 1802)⇒ Armases cinereum Bosc, 1802
Sesarma cookei Hartnoll, 1971
Sesarma curacaoense De Man, 1892Mangrove Crab
Sesarma dolphinum Reimer, Schu..., 1998
Sesarma fossarum Schubart, Re..., 1997
Sesarma jarvisi Rathbun, 1914
Sesarma meridies Schubart & K..., 2005
Sesarma pisonii (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Aratus pisonii H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Sesarma roberti (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Armases roberti H. Milne Edw..., 1853
Sesarma robertii
Sesarma verleyi Rathbun, 1914
Sesarma windsor Türkay & Die..., 1994
Troglocarcinus corallicola Verrill, 1908Floatingheart
Tubuca urvillei H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Tumidotheres maculatus Say, 1818Squatter pea crab
Tumidotheres orcutti Rathbun, 1918
Tunicotheres moseri Rathbun, 1918Ascidian pea crab
Uca (Gelasimus) vocans Linnaeus, 1758
Uca (Leptuca) leptodactyla Rathbun, 1898Marbled fiddler
Uca (Leptuca) pugilator Bosc, 1802Atlantic sand fiddler
Uca (Minuca) burgersi Holthuis, 1967Saltpan fiddler
Uca (Minuca) mordax Smith, 1870
Uca (Minuca) rapax Smith, 1870Mudflat fiddler
Uca rapax rapax Smith, 1870
Uca (Minuca) thayeri Rathbun, 1900Atlantic mangrove fiddler
Uca (Minuca) vocator Herbst, 1804Atlantic hairback fiddler
Uca (Uca) maracoani Latreille, 1802
Uca cumulanta Crane, 1943
Uca laevis (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Ucides occidentalis Ortmann, 1897
Uca major Herbst, 1782
Uca marionis (Desmarest, 1823)⇒ Uca vocans Linnaeus, 1758
Uca minax LeConte, 1855Red-joint fiddler
Uca pugnax Smith, 1870Atlantic marsh fiddler
Uca tangeri Eydoux, 1835Lilac Fiddler Crab
Uca una (Leach, 1814)⇒ Uca major Herbst, 1782
Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763Swamp ghost crab
Ucides occidentalis Ortmann, 1897Pacific Mangrove Ghost Crab
Utinomiella dimorpha Henderson, 1906Kahe Point crab
Varuna litterata Fabricius, 1798Peregrine Crab
Varuna yui Hwang & Takeda, 1986Sundaic Paddler Crab
Zaops geddesi Miers, 1880
Zaops ostreus Say, 1817Oyster crab

Subnodes of Thoracotremata with occurrences in Antilles
SuperfamilyCryptochiroidea
Paulson, 1875
1
5
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGrapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
6
25
83
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyOcypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
10
61
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPinnotheroidea
De Haan, 1833
1
14
25
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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