Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Xanthoidea (Xanthid crabs) for Alajuela (Costa Rica)

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Checklist for Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 (Xanthid crabs)
and region Alajuela (Costa Rica)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	33 40 45	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	33 40 45	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	21 25 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	21 25 27	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	20 24 26	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	12 15 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	11 14 14	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	8 11 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 Xanthid crabs	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Alajuela
2 Families width 2 Species

Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838	Mud crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893	Mud crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Alajuela
2 Genera with 2 Species

Heteractaea Lockington, 1860		1	Species	Taxom
Panopeus H. Milne-Edw..., 1877		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Alajuela
2 Species

Heteractaea ceratopus Stimpson, 1860	Horned Crab
Panopeus purpureus Lockington, 1877

Subnodes of Xanthoidea with occurrences in Alajuela

Family	Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 Mud crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 Mud crabs, Pebble crabs, Rubble crabs, Stone Crab	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Xanthoidea at artfakta.se
Xanthoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Xanthoidea at dyntaxa.se
Xanthoidea at itis.gov
Xanthoidea at marinespecies.org