Checklist for Order Decapoda Latreille, 1802 (Crabs)
and region Kenya (East Africa)
Class
| Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans | 135
417
789 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
| 135
417
789 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Superorder
| Eucarida
Calman, 1904
| 77
282
592 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Order
| Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns | 77
282
592 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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List of families for Kenya
77 Families width 592 Species and 9 Subspecies #ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTVX
| Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acetidae Vereshchaka, 2017 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Gamba prawns | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Astacidae Latreille, 1802 | Astacid crayfishes | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Axiidae Huxley, 1879 | Lobster shrimps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Benthesicymid shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 | Burrowing Ghost Shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callianideidae Kossmann, 1880 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942 | Cambarid crayfishes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Crangonidae Haworth, 1825 | Crangonid Shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Disciadidae Rathbun, 1902 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988 | Reef lobsters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 | Mole Crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858 | Longleg crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Lysmatidae Dana, 1852 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Merguiidae Christoffersen, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephropidae Dana, 1852 | Clawed Lobster | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Oplophoridae Dana, 1852 | Deepsea shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 80 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pandalidae Haworth, 1825 | Pandalid shrimp | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 | Deepwater hermit crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Penaeid shrimps | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 | Blind lobsters | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Processidae Ortmann, 1896 | Night shrimps | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890 | Hingebeak shrimp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Sergestidae Dana, 1852 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898 | Rock shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Solenocerid shrimps | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopodidae Risso, 1826 | Coral shrimps | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Strahlaxiidae Poore, 1994 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Thoridae Kingsley, 1878 | Anemone shrimp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 50 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Decapoda with occurrences in Kenya
Links, sources and further information Decapoda at artfakta.se
Decapoda at biodiversity.org.au
Decapoda at dyntaxa.se
Decapoda at gbif.org
Decapoda at irmng.org
Decapoda at itis.gov
Decapoda at marinespecies.org
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