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Checklist for Subsection Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977
and region Santa Cruz Island (Galápagos Islands, Ecuador)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
79
113
138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
79
113
138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
44
61
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
43
59
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
42
58
76
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
20
31
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
20
31
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
6
8
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Santa Cruz Island
6 Families width 8 Species
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833Commensal Crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18530SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Santa Cruz Island
8 Genera with 8 Species
Cardisoma Latreille, 1796giant land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Fabia Dana, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Metasesarma H. Milne Edw..., 18511SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1772Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Pachygrapsus Randall, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Ptychognathus Stimpson, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1902Fiddler crab1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Santa Cruz Island
8 Species
Cardisoma carnifex Herbst, 1796Brown land crab
Fabia concharum Rathbun, 1894Smooth mussel crab
Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758Abuete negro
Metasesarma obesum Dana, 1851Marble crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Pachygrapsus crassipes Randall, 1840Lined shore crab
Pachygrapsus transversus Gibbes, 1850Gibbes' Pachygrapsus
Uca galapagensis Rathbun, 1902Galápagos fiddler crab

Subnodes of Thoracotremata with occurrences in Santa Cruz Island
SuperfamilyGrapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
4
5
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyOcypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
2
2
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyPinnotheroidea
De Haan, 1833
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



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