Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Xanthoidea (Xanthid crabs) for Ascension Parish (Louisiana, USA)

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Checklist for Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 (Xanthid crabs)
and region Ascension Parish (Louisiana, USA)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	42 57 62	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	42 57 62	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	19 28 36	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	19 28 36	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	18 27 34	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	8 11 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	8 11 11	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	6 9 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 Xanthid crabs	2 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Ascension Parish
2 Families width 4 Species

Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838	Mud crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893	Mud crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Ascension Parish
4 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Ascension Parish
4 Species

Actaea bifrons Rathbun, 1898	Areolate rubble crab
Carpoporus papulosus Stimpson, 1871	Narrowfront rubble crab
Pseudomedaeus agassizi A. Milne-Edw..., 1880	Rough rubble crab
Rhithropanopeus harrisii Gould, 1841	Dwarf crab

Subnodes of Xanthoidea with occurrences in Ascension Parish

Family	Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 Mud crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 Mud crabs, Pebble crabs, Rubble crabs, Stone Crab	3 3	Genera 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