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Checklist for Order Decapoda Latreille, 1802 (Crabs)
and region Port of Spain (Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
16
21
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
16
21
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
10
14
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
10
14
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Port of Spain
10 Families width 16 Species
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Processidae Ortmann, 1896Night shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815Penaeid shrimps6SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802Crawfish1SpeciesTaxom
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819Nut crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothelphusidae Ortmann, 18930SpeciesTaxom
Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903Mud shrimp1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Port of Spain
14 Genera with 16 Species
Acanthocarpus Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Ambidexter Manning and ..., 19711SpeciesTaxom
Callinectes Stimpson, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Cardisoma Latreille, 1825giant land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Farfantepenaeus Burukovsky, 19673SpeciesTaxom
Leptuca Bott, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 19361SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Panulirus White, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Persephona Leach, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Potamocarcinus H. Milne-Edw..., 1853
0SpeciesTaxom
Rimapenaeus Pérez Farfan..., 18851SpeciesTaxom
Upogebia Leach, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Xiphopenaeus Smith, 18621SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Port of Spain
16 Species
Acanthocarpus alexandri Stimpson, 1871Gladiator box crab
Ambidexter symmetricus Manning & Chace, 1971
Callinectes danae S. I. Smith, 1869Dana swimcrab
Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825Blue land crab
Farfantepenaeus brasiliensis Latreille, 1817Brown shrimp
Farfantepenaeus duorarum Burkenroad, 1939Bait shrimp
Farfantepenaeus subtilis (Pérez Farfante, 1967)⇒ Penaeus subtilis Pérez Farfante, 1967
Leptuca cumulanta Crane, 1943
Leptuca thayeri Rathbun, 1900Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab
Litopenaeus schmitti Burkenroad, 1936Southern white shrimp
Minuca rapax Smith, 1870Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Panulirus argus Latreille, 1804Caribbean spiny lobster
Persephona finneganae Rathbun, 1931
Rimapenaeus similis Smith, 1885Roughback shrimp
Upogebia affinis Say, 1818Coastal mud shrimp
Xiphopenaeus kroyeri Heller, 1862Atlantic seabob

Subnodes of Decapoda with occurrences in Port of Spain
SuborderDendrobranchiata
Bate, 1888
1
4
6
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderPleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
9
10
10
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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