Checklist for Subsection Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977
and region Caribbean islands (Caribbean)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 335
1468
3809 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 332
1463
3804 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 141
794
2375 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 139
788
2353 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
| 130
741
2205 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs | 63
423
997 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
| 54
387
924 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
| 11
59
201 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
List of families for Caribbean islands
11 Families width 201 Species and 1 Subspecies | Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 | Coral gall crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Glyptograpsidae Schubart, C..., 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 47 | Species | Taxom | | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 | Stilt crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 41 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 37 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 8 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Thoracotremata with occurrences in Caribbean islands
Links, sources and further information Thoracotremata at artfakta.se
Thoracotremata at marinespecies.org
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