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Checklist for Subsection Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977
and region Port Aransas (Nueces County, Texas, USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
47
73
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
47
73
94
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
32
53
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
32
53
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
29
48
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
18
29
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
17
28
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
4
7
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Port Aransas
4 Families width 10 Species
Sesarmidae Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Port Aransas
7 Genera with 10 Species
Armases Abele, 18532SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Leptuca Bott, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 19682SpeciesTaxom
Pachygrapsus Randall, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Percnon Gistel, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Plagusia Latreille, 17751SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Port Aransas
10 Species
Armases cinereum Bosc, 1802Squareback marsh crab
Armases ricordi H. Milne Edw..., 1853Beach Crab
Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758Abuete negro
Leptuca pugilator Bosc, 1802Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
Leptuca spinicarpa Rathbun, 1900
Minuca rapax Smith, 1870Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Minuca virens Salmon & Ats..., 1968
Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850Gibbes' Pachygrapsus
Percnon gibbesi H. Milne-Edw..., 1853Flat crab
Plagusia depressa Fabricius, 1775Flattened crab

Subnodes of Thoracotremata with occurrences in Port Aransas
SuperfamilyGrapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
3
5
6
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyOcypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
2
4
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



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