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Checklist for Subfamily Varuninae H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
and region Flinders Island (Northeast Tasmania, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
141
284
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
140
283
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
48
80
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
47
79
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
44
75
95
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
22
40
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
19
36
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
6
12
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Grapsoidea
MacLeay, 1838
4
10
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyVarunidae
H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
5
7
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyVaruninae
H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
2
2
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Flinders Island
2 Genera with 2 Species
Brachynotus De Haan, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Hemigrapsus Dana, 18371SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Flinders Island
2 Species
Brachynotus spinosus H. Milne Edw..., 1853Little Shore Crab
Hemigrapsus octodentatus H. Milne Edw..., 1837


Links, sources and further information
Varuninae at artfakta.se
Varuninae at biodiversity.org.au
Varuninae at marinespecies.org