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Checklist for Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 (Xanthid crabs)
and region French Guiana (Northern South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
108
225
327
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
108
225
327
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
71
167
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
71
167
273
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
64
150
243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
35
82
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
30
72
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
23
56
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Xanthoidea
MacLeay, 1838
Xanthid crabs
4
9
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for French Guiana
4 Families width 8 Species
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838Mud crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838Angular crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893Mud crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 19001SpeciesTaxom


Genera for French Guiana
9 Genera with 8 Species
Actaea De Haan, 1834Baneberry1SpeciesTaxom
Allactaea Williams, 19741SpeciesTaxom
Bathyplax A. Milne-Edw..., 18802SpeciesTaxom
Cycloplax Guinot, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Eurytium Stimpson, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Frevillea A. Milne-Edw..., 19161SpeciesTaxom
Goneplax Leach, 1814
0SpeciesTaxom
Micropanope Stimpson, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Tetraxanthus Rathbun, 19391SpeciesTaxom


Species list for French Guiana
8 Species
Actaea acantha H. Milne Edw..., 1834Spinose rubble crab
Allactaea lithostrota Williams, 1974
Bathyplax typhla (A. Milne-Edw..., 1880)⇒ Bathyplax typhlus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880
Bathyplax typhlus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Rigid bathyal crab
Cycloplax pinnotheroides Guinot, 1969
Eurytium limosum Say, 1818Broadback mud crab
Frevillea hirsuta Borradaile, 1916Tufted broadface crab
Tetraxanthus rathbunae Chace, 1939Inflated Mud Crab

Subnodes of Xanthoidea with occurrences in French Guiana
FamilyGoneplacidae
MacLeay, 1838
angular crabs, goneplacid crabs, rectangular crabs
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPanopeidae
Ortmann, 1893
Mud crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPseudorhombilidae
Alcock, 1900
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyXanthidae
MacLeay, 1838
Mud crabs, Pebble crabs, Rubble crabs, Stone Crab
3
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