Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Xanthoidea (Xanthid crabs) for Crete (Aegean Islands, Greece)

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Checklist for Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 (Xanthid crabs)
and region Crete (Aegean Islands, Greece)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	69 112 154	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	69 112 154	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	30 43 52	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	30 43 52	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	27 39 45	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	12 17 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	12 17 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	8 13 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 Xanthid crabs	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Crete
2 Families width 4 Species

Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838	Angular crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838	Mud crabs	3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Crete
3 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Crete
4 Species

Goneplax rhomboides Linnaeus, 1758	Angular crab
Paractaea monodi Guinot, 1969	Monod Crab
Xantho (Leptodius) hydrophilus Herbst, 1790	Furrowed Crab
Xantho poressa Olivi, 1792	Jaguar Round Crab

Subnodes of Xanthoidea with occurrences in Crete

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 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