Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Xanthoidea (Xanthid crabs) for Bass Strait (Tasman Sea)

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Checklist for Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 (Xanthid crabs)
and region Bass Strait (Tasman Sea)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	194 563 919	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	192 560 918	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	64 140 180	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	63 139 179	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	58 133 171	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	28 66 78	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	23 56 66	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	15 42 53	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 Xanthid crabs	2 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Bass Strait
2 Families width 3 Species

Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838	Mud crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838	Angular crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Bass Strait
3 Genera with 3 Species

Species list for Bass Strait
3 Species

Actaea peronii H. Milne Edw..., 1834	Thorn-legged Crab
Megametope rotundifrons H. Milne Edw..., 1834	Smooth Forehead Crab
Pycnoplax meridionalis Rathbun, 1923

Subnodes of Xanthoidea with occurrences in Bass Strait

Family	Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 angular crabs, goneplacid crabs, rectangular crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 Mud crabs, Pebble crabs, Rubble crabs, Stone Crab	2 2	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