Checklist for Superorder Eucarida Calman, 1904
and region East Africa (Africa)
List of families for East Africa
154 Families width 3257 Species and 65 Subspecies #ABCDEGHILMNOPRSTUVX
| Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Acetidae Vereshchaka, 2017 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Acidopsidae Stevcic, 2005 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aeglidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aethridae Dana, 1851 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858 | Mole crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 191 | Species | Taxom | | Alvinocarididae Christoffersen, 1986 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Amphionididae Holthuis, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aphanodactylidae Ahyong & Ng, 2009 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Gamba prawns | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Astacidae Latreille, 1802 | Astacid crayfishes | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 | Horse crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 82 | Species | Taxom | | Axiidae Huxley, 1879 | Lobster shrimps | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Barbouriidae Christoffersen, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bathypalaemonellidae de Saint Lau..., 1985 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Benthesicymid shrimps | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Bentheuphausiidae Colosi, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bythograeidae Williams, 1980 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 | Burrowing Ghost Shrimps | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Callianideidae Kossmann, 1880 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942 | Cambarid crayfishes | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Chlorotocellidae Komai, Chan ..., 2019 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Coleiidae Van Straelen, 1924 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coralaxiidae Sakai & de S..., 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Corystidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crangonidae Haworth, 1825 | Crangonid Shrimp | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 | Coral gall crabs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Ctenochelidae Manning & Fe..., 1991 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cymonomidae Bouvier, 1897 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dacryopilumnidae Serène, 1984 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dairidae Ng & Rodriguez, 1986 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 98 | Species | Taxom | | Disciadidae Rathbun, 1902 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 56 | Species | Taxom | | Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988 | Reef lobsters | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 79 | Species | Taxom | | Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Erymidae Van Straelen, 1924 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Etyidae Guinot & Tav..., 2001 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Etyiidae (Guinot & Tav..., 2001) | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eugonatonotidae Chace, 1937 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 1900 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Euphausiidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 | Squat lobsters | 48 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Geryonidae Colosi, 1923 | Deepsea crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Glypheidae Zittel, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884 | Armored shrimp | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Hepatidae Stimpson, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 | Mole Crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 46 | Species | Taxom | | Inachoididae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Iphiculidae Alcock, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Laomediidae Borradaile, 1903 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858 | Longleg crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 103 | Species | Taxom | | Linnaeoxanthidae Stevcic, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 | King crab | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Luciferidae De Haan, 1849 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lysmatidae Dana, 1852 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 47 | Species | Taxom | | Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Merguiidae Christoffersen, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Micheleidae Sakai, 1992 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mithracidae Balss, 1929 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 58 | Species | Taxom | | Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874 | | 44 | Species | Taxom | | Necrocarcinidae Föster, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Nephropidae Dana, 1852 | Clawed Lobster | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 61 | Species | Taxom | | Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955 | Long-eyed shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oplophoridae Dana, 1852 | Deepsea shrimps | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 55 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 279 | Species | Taxom | | Paleoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 | Stilt crabs | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Pandalidae Haworth, 1825 | Pandalid shrimp | 42 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 | Mud crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 | Deepwater hermit crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Parastacidae Huxley, 1879 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 47 | Species | Taxom | | Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852 | Glass shrimps | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Penaeid shrimps | 76 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 67 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Planopilumnidae Serène, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 | Blind lobsters | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 61 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 187 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 33 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 71 | Species | Taxom | | Processidae Ortmann, 1896 | Night shrimps | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Psalidopodidae Wood-Mason, 1892 | Scissorfoot shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psammocarcinidae | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocarcinidae Ng & Davie, 2020 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudoziidae Alcock, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pylochelidae Bate, 1888 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890 | Hingebeak shrimp | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Scalopidiidae Stevcic, 2005 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 38 | Species | Taxom | | Sergestidae Dana, 1852 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 71 | Species | Taxom | | Sicyonellidae Vereshchaka, 2017 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898 | Rock shrimps | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Solenocerid shrimps | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Spongicolidae von Martens, 1872 | Glass sponge shrimps | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopodidae Risso, 1826 | Coral shrimps | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Strahlaxiidae Poore, 1994 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Stylodactylidae Bate, 1888 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaocheleidae Ng & P. F. C..., 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Tetriasidae Tsang & Naruse, 2023 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassinidae Latreille, 1831 | Mud lobsters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thoridae Kingsley, 1878 | Anemone shrimp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1835 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903 | Mud shrimp | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 291 | Species | Taxom | | Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Xiphocarididae Ortmann, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Eucarida with occurrences in East Africa | Order | Amphionidacea
Williamson, 1973
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1 | Family
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Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Lobsters And Prawns, Prawns, Shrimp, Shrimps, Ten-Footed | 151
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3226 | Families
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| | Order | Euphausiacea
Dana, 1852
euphausiaceans, Euphausiid shrimps, Krill | 2
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Links, sources and further information Eucarida at artfakta.se
Eucarida at biodiversity.org.au
Eucarida at dyntaxa.se
Eucarida at itis.gov
Eucarida at marinespecies.org
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