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Checklist for Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 (Xanthid crabs)
and region Botany Bay (Sydney, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
119
266
360
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
118
264
358
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
50
117
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
50
117
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
47
110
148
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
26
60
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
22
56
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
14
39
58
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Xanthoidea
MacLeay, 1838
Xanthid crabs
2
5
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Botany Bay
2 Families width 6 Species
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838Mud crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838Angular crabs3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Botany Bay
5 Genera with 6 Species
Actaea De Haan, 1834Baneberry1SpeciesTaxom
Megametope Filhol, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Ommatocarcinus White, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Pycnoplax Castro, 19232SpeciesTaxom
Xanthias Rathbun, 18581SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Botany Bay
6 Species
Actaea peronii H. Milne Edw..., 1834Thorn-legged Crab
Megametope punctatus Haswell, 1882
Ommatocarcinus macgillivrayi White, 1851
Pycnoplax meridionalis Rathbun, 1923
Pycnoplax victoriensis Rathbun, 1923
Xanthias elegans Stimpson, 1858

Subnodes of Xanthoidea with occurrences in Botany Bay
FamilyGoneplacidae
MacLeay, 1838
angular crabs, goneplacid crabs, rectangular crabs
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyXanthidae
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