Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Xanthoidea (Xanthid crabs) for Shark Bay (Gascoyne, Australia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 (Xanthid crabs)
and region Shark Bay (Gascoyne, Australia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	43 90 97	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	43 90 97	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	31 68 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	31 68 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	29 60 64	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	16 40 40	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	14 38 38	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Heterotremata Guinot, 1977	13 37 37	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838 Xanthid crabs	2 6 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Shark Bay
2 Families width 3 Species

Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838	Mud crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838	Angular crabs	0	Species	Taxom

Genera for Shark Bay
6 Genera with 3 Species

Species list for Shark Bay
3 Species

Atergatis floridus Linnaeus, 1767	Floral Egg Crab
Cyclodius obscurus Hombron & Ja..., 1846
Melybia thalamita Stimpson, 1871	Delicate coral crab

Subnodes of Xanthoidea with occurrences in Shark Bay

Family	Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 angular crabs, goneplacid crabs, rectangular crabs	1 0	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 Mud crabs, Pebble crabs, Rubble crabs, Stone Crab	5 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