Species list, Checklist of Superorder Eucarida for Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)

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Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

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Checklist for Superorder Eucarida Calman, 1904
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	246 1090 2530	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	245 1089 2527	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	134 788 2104	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Papua New Guinea
134 Families width 2104 Species and 7 Subspecies

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Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852		10	Species	Taxom
Acetidae Vereshchaka, 2017		2	Species	Taxom
Acidopsidae Stevcic, 2005		2	Species	Taxom
Aeglidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Aethridae Dana, 1851		6	Species	Taxom
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858	Mole crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815	Alpheid shrimp	138	Species	Taxom
Alvinocarididae Christoffersen, 1986		3	Species	Taxom
Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Gamba prawns	5	Species	Taxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893	Horse crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Atyidae De Haan, 1849	Atyid shrimps	31	Species	Taxom
Axiidae Huxley, 1879	Lobster shrimps	21	Species	Taxom
Barbouriidae Christoffersen, 1987		1	Species	Taxom
Bathypalaemonellidae de Saint Lau..., 1985		0	Species	Taxom
Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Benthesicymid shrimps	4	Species	Taxom
Bythograeidae Williams, 1980		2	Species	Taxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837	Box Crab	17	Species	Taxom
Callianassidae Dana, 1852	Burrowing Ghost Shrimps	15	Species	Taxom
Callianideidae Kossmann, 1880		3	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	1	Species	Taxom
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858		2	Species	Taxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802	Edible crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893	Coral crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964		11	Species	Taxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892		13	Species	Taxom
Chlorotocellidae Komai, Chan ..., 2019		2	Species	Taxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851	Land hermit crabs	9	Species	Taxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 1819		4	Species	Taxom
Crangonidae Haworth, 1825	Crangonid Shrimp	16	Species	Taxom
Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875	Coral gall crabs	8	Species	Taxom
Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892		0	Species	Taxom
Cymonomidae Bouvier, 1897		0	Species	Taxom
Dairidae Ng & Rodriguez, 1986		1	Species	Taxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892	Left-handed hermit crabs	47	Species	Taxom
Disciadidae Rathbun, 1902		1	Species	Taxom
Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893		1	Species	Taxom
Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838	Demon-faced crabs	21	Species	Taxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858		2	Species	Taxom
Dromiidae De Haan, 1833	Sponge crabs	22	Species	Taxom
Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892		4	Species	Taxom
Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988	Reef lobsters	3	Species	Taxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838	Kelp Crabs	72	Species	Taxom
Ethusidae Guinot, 1977		2	Species	Taxom
Eugonatonotidae Chace, 1937		1	Species	Taxom
Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 1900		2	Species	Taxom
Euphausiidae Milne-Edwards, 1837		7	Species	Taxom
Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871		3	Species	Taxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819	Squat lobsters	72	Species	Taxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838	Land crabs	8	Species	Taxom
Gecarcinucidae Rathbun, 1904		2	Species	Taxom
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923	Deepsea crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884	Armored shrimp	12	Species	Taxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838	Angular crabs	25	Species	Taxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838	Marsh crabs	14	Species	Taxom
Hexapodidae Miers, 1886		4	Species	Taxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825	Mole Crabs	11	Species	Taxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852	Anemone shrimp	15	Species	Taxom
Homolidae De Haan, 1839	Carrier crabs	11	Species	Taxom
Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838		8	Species	Taxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 1838		11	Species	Taxom
Iphiculidae Alcock, 1896		4	Species	Taxom
Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858	Longleg crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819	Nut crabs	104	Species	Taxom
Linnaeoxanthidae Stevcic, 2005		0	Species	Taxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819	King crab	2	Species	Taxom
Luciferidae De Haan, 1849		2	Species	Taxom
Lysmatidae Dana, 1852		4	Species	Taxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851		8	Species	Taxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819	Spider crab	30	Species	Taxom
Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 2003		1	Species	Taxom
Matutidae De Haan, 1835		7	Species	Taxom
Menippidae Ortmann, 1893	Stone crabs	5	Species	Taxom
Merguiidae Christoffersen, 1990		1	Species	Taxom
Micheleidae Sakai, 1992		2	Species	Taxom
Mictyridae Dana, 1851		0	Species	Taxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010		48	Species	Taxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874		30	Species	Taxom
Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884		2	Species	Taxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	11	Species	Taxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815	Fiddler crabs	30	Species	Taxom
Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955	Long-eyed shrimps	0	Species	Taxom
Oplophoridae Dana, 1852	Deepsea shrimps	8	Species	Taxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 1958		2	Species	Taxom
Oziidae Dana, 1851		2	Species	Taxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802	Hermit Crabs	21	Species	Taxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815	Palaemonid Shrimps	275	Species	Taxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898	Stilt crabs	17	Species	Taxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802	Crawfish	15	Species	Taxom
Pandalidae Haworth, 1825	Pandalid shrimp	51	Species	Taxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882	Deepwater hermit crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 1879		13	Species	Taxom
Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910		18	Species	Taxom
Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838	Elbow crabs	35	Species	Taxom
Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852	Glass shrimps	8	Species	Taxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815	Penaeid shrimps	61	Species	Taxom
Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819		44	Species	Taxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833	Commensal Crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 1851		7	Species	Taxom
Planopilumnidae Serène, 1984		2	Species	Taxom
Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874	Blind lobsters	16	Species	Taxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825	Porcelain crab	42	Species	Taxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815	Swimming Crab	99	Species	Taxom
Potamonautidae Bott, 1970		0	Species	Taxom
Processidae Ortmann, 1896	Night shrimps	7	Species	Taxom
Progeryonidae Å tevÄiÄ‡..., 2005		1	Species	Taxom
Psalidopodidae Wood-Mason, 1892	Scissorfoot shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 1888		18	Species	Taxom
Raninidae De Haan, 1839	Frog crabs	6	Species	Taxom
Retroplumidae Gill, 1894		2	Species	Taxom
Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890	Hingebeak shrimp	4	Species	Taxom
Scalopidiidae Stevcic, 2005		2	Species	Taxom
Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825	Shovel-nosed lobsters	17	Species	Taxom
Sergestidae Dana, 1852		3	Species	Taxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 1851		28	Species	Taxom
Sicyonellidae Vereshchaka, 2017		1	Species	Taxom
Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898	Rock shrimps	3	Species	Taxom
Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891	Solenocerid shrimps	10	Species	Taxom
Spongicolidae von Martens, 1872	Glass sponge shrimps	3	Species	Taxom
Stenopodidae Risso, 1826	Coral shrimps	6	Species	Taxom
Strahlaxiidae Poore, 1994		2	Species	Taxom
Stylodactylidae Bate, 1888		3	Species	Taxom
Tanaocheleidae Ng & P. F. C..., 2000		1	Species	Taxom
Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004		7	Species	Taxom
Tetriasidae Tsang & Naruse, 2023		1	Species	Taxom
Thalassinidae Latreille, 1831	Mud lobsters	4	Species	Taxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878	Anemone shrimp	7	Species	Taxom
Trapeziidae Miers, 1886	Coral crabs	25	Species	Taxom
Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1835		1	Species	Taxom
Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903	Mud shrimp	12	Species	Taxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853		8	Species	Taxom
Vultocinidae Ng & Manuel-..., 2007		1	Species	Taxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838	Mud crabs	162	Species	Taxom
Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858		1	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Eucarida with occurrences in Papua New Guinea

Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Lobsters And Prawns, Prawns, Shrimp, Shrimps, Ten-Footed	133 784 2097	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Euphausiacea Dana, 1852 euphausiaceans, Euphausiid shrimps, Krill	1 4 7	Family Genera Species	Taxom

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