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Checklist for Family Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 (Mud crabs)
and region Thursday Island (Torres Strait Islands, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
43
86
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
43
86
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
27
64
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
27
64
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
25
59
89
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
15
42
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
15
42
61
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
13
38
54
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Xanthoidea
MacLeay, 1838
Xanthid crabs
1
8
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyXanthidae
MacLeay, 1838
Mud crabs, Pebble crabs, Rubble crabs, Stone Crab
8
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Thursday Island
8 Genera with 9 Species
Actaea De Haan, 0Baneberry2SpeciesTaxom
Chlorodiella Rathbun, 17751SpeciesTaxom
Euxanthus Dana, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Gaillardiellus Guinot, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Kraussia Dana, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Lophozozymus Milne-Edwards, 17981SpeciesTaxom
Pilodius Dana, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Xanthias Rathbun, 01SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Thursday Island
9 Species
Actaea calculosa H. Milne Edw..., 1834Facetted Crab
Actaea ruppellii
Chlorodiella nigra Forskål, 1775Long Clawed Crab
Euxanthus tuberculosus (Miers, 1884)⇒ Actaea tuberculosa Miers, 1884
Gaillardiellus rueppelli Krauss, 1843
Kraussia nitida (Stimpson, 1858)⇒ Palapedia nitida Stimpson, 1858
Lophozozymus pictor Fabricius, 1798Mosaic Reef Crab
Pilodius pilumnoides White, 1848
Xanthias leptodius

Subnodes of Xanthidae with occurrences in Thursday Island
SubfamilyActaeinae
Alcock, 1898
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyChlorodiellinae
Ng & Holthuis, 2007
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyEuxanthinae
Alcock, 1898
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyKraussiinae
Ng, 1993
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyXanthinae
MacLeay, 1838
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyZosiminae
Alcock, 1898
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Xanthidae at artfakta.se
Xanthidae at biodiversity.org.au
Xanthidae at dyntaxa.se
Xanthidae at gbif.org
Xanthidae at irmng.org
Xanthidae at itis.gov
Xanthidae at marinespecies.org