AntsAntsArachnidsArachnids
BeesBeesBeetlesBeetles
BookliceBookliceBugsBugs
BumblebeesBumblebeesButterfliesButterflies
CicadasCicadasCrane fliesCrane flies
DragonfliesDragonfliesEarwigsEarwigs
FliesFliesIsopodsIsopods
LocustsLocustsMantisesMantises
MayfliesMayfliesMosquitoesMosquitoes
MyriapodsMyriapodsNet-wingedNet-winged
Plant-parasiticPlant-parasiticScorpion fliesScorpion flies
TermitesTermitesWaspsWasps
INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT
Home Arthropoda Imprint Contact
TAXFAMGENSPESUB
Checklist for Subsection Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977
and region Gambier Islands (French Polynesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
25
42
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
25
42
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
21
38
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
21
38
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
21
38
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
14
24
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
14
24
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
7
7
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Gambier Islands
7 Families width 5 Species
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875Coral gall crabs0SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 18510SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Gambier Islands
7 Genera with 5 Species
Cardisoma Latreille, 1796giant land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Exopalicus Castro, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Hapalocarcinus Stimpson, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Metopograpsus H. Milne-Edw..., 18391SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1846Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Percnon Gistel, 1848
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Gambier Islands
5 Species
Cardisoma carnifex Herbst, 1796Brown land crab
Exopalicus maculatus Edmondson, 1930Button Crab
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) consobrinus Nobili, 1906
Metopograpsus thukuhar Owen, 1839Alamihi Crab
Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, 1846Pallid ghost crab

Subnodes of Thoracotremata with occurrences in Gambier Islands
SuperfamilyCryptochiroidea
Paulson, 1875
1
1
0
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyGrapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
3
3
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyOcypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
3
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Thoracotremata at artfakta.se
Thoracotremata at marinespecies.org