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Checklist for Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 (Xanthid crabs)
and region Guanacaste (Costa Rica)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
84
145
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
84
145
178
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
54
105
139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
53
102
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
50
94
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
29
57
70
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
27
54
68
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Heterotremata
Guinot, 1977
20
41
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Xanthoidea
MacLeay, 1838
Xanthid crabs
4
6
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Guanacaste
4 Families width 5 Species
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838Angular crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838Mud crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893Mud crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 19001SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Guanacaste
6 Genera with 5 Species
Euryplax Stimpson, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Heteractaea Lockington, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Micropanope Stimpson, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Nanocassiope Guinot, 18941SpeciesTaxom
Panopeus H. Milne-Edw..., 18771SpeciesTaxom
Speocarcinus Stimpson, 18941SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Guanacaste
5 Species
Euryplax polita Smith, 1870
Heteractaea ceratopus Stimpson, 1860Horned Crab
Nanocassiope polita Rathbun, 1894
Panopeus purpureus Lockington, 1877
Speocarcinus granulimanus Rathbun, 1894

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

Taxom

FamilyPanopeidae
Ortmann, 1893
Mud crabs
1
1
Genus
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