Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Xanthoidea (Xanthid crabs) for Dominica (Windward Islands)

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Checklist for Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 (Xanthid crabs)
and region Dominica (Windward Islands)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	103 218 324	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	103 218 324	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	78 170 270	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	77 168 268	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	70 150 246	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	32 65 95	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	25 56 85	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	16 39 56	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 Xanthid crabs	3 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Dominica
3 Families width 6 Species

Genera for Dominica
5 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Dominica
6 Species

Bathyplax typhla (A. Milne-Edw..., 1880)	⇒ Bathyplax typhlus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880
Micropanope lobifrons A. Milne-Edw..., 1881	Lobefront mud crab
Micropanope xanthiformis	⇒ Nanoplax xanthiformis A. Milne-Edw..., 1880
Nanoplax xanthiformis A. Milne-Edw..., 1880	Rough squareback crab
Platypodiella spectabilis Herbst, 1794	Gaudy clown crab
Pseudomedaeus agassizi A. Milne-Edw..., 1880	Rough rubble crab

Subnodes of Xanthoidea with occurrences in Dominica

Family	Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 angular crabs, goneplacid crabs, rectangular crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 1900	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 Mud crabs, Pebble crabs, Rubble crabs, Stone Crab	3 4	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