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Checklist for Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 (Xanthid crabs)
and region Ghana (West Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
87
185
301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
87
185
301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
61
140
243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
60
135
235
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
54
124
215
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
31
76
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
28
71
109
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
20
53
85
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Xanthoidea
MacLeay, 1838
Xanthid crabs
3
6
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ghana
3 Families width 6 Species
Nanocassiopidae Števčić, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Xanthidae (MacLeay, 1838)Mud crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Goneplacidae (MacLeay, 1838)Angular crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ghana
6 Genera with 6 Species
Microcassiope Guinot, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Micropanope Stimpson, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Pilumnoplax Stimpson, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Platypodiella Guinot, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Williamstimpsonia Stevcic, 18481SpeciesTaxom
Xantho Leach, 18482SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ghana
6 Species
Microcassiope minor Dana, 1852
Pilumnoplax oxyacanthus (Monod, 1956)⇒ Machaerus oxyacanthus Monod, 1956
Platypodiella picta A. Milne-Edw..., 1869Harlequin Crab
Williamstimpsonia denticulatus White, 1848
Xantho (Xantho) denticulata White, 1847
Xantho denticulatus (White, 1848)⇒ Williamstimpsonia denticulatus White, 1848

Subnodes of Xanthoidea with occurrences in Ghana
FamilyGoneplacidae
MacLeay, 1838
angular crabs, goneplacid crabs, rectangular crabs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyNanocassiopidae
Števčić, 2013
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyXanthidae
MacLeay, 1838
Mud crabs, Pebble crabs, Rubble crabs, Stone Crab
4
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