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Checklist for Subsection Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977
and region Socotra (Yemen)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
37
69
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
37
69
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
25
47
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
24
46
69
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
23
45
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
12
27
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
12
27
44
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
6
9
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Socotra
6 Families width 15 Species
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs7SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18531SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Socotra
9 Genera with 15 Species
Cardisoma Latreille, 1796giant land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Chaenostoma Stimpson, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Cranuca Beinlich & V..., 18741SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 17833SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1775Ghost Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Palicoides Moosa & Serène, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Pseudohelice Sakai, Türka..., 18511SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1874Fiddler crab1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Socotra
15 Species
Cardisoma carnifex Herbst, 1796Brown land crab
Chaenostoma sinuspersici Naderloo & T..., 2010
Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874Inversed Fiddler Crab
Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818Mottled lightfoot crab
Grapsus strigosus (Herbst, 1799)⇒ Grapsus albolineatus Lamarck, 1818
Grapsus tenuicrustatus Herbst, 1783Natal lightfoot crab
Macrophthalmus sinuspersici Naderloo & T..., 2010
Ocypode aegyptiaca (Gerstaecker, 1856)⇒ Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1880
Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775Red Sea Ghost Crab
Palicoides whitei Miers, 1884
Pseudohelice subquadrata Dana, 1851
Uca (Cranuca) inversa Hoffmann, 1874

Subnodes of Thoracotremata with occurrences in Socotra
SuperfamilyGrapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
3
3
5
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuperfamilyOcypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
6
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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