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Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region Brazoria County (Texas, USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
51
75
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Brazoria County
51 Families width 93 Species
#CAMOPGLHNBEDTIS
Cymothoidae Leach, 1818Fish Doctors2SpeciesTaxom
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp5SpeciesTaxom
Mysidae Haworth, 18255SpeciesTaxom
Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 18651SpeciesTaxom
Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Anthuridae Wägele, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Corophiidae Leach, 18142SpeciesTaxom
Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891Gamba prawns1SpeciesTaxom
Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833Doodle bugs2SpeciesTaxom
Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Asellidae Latreille, 1802Freshwater Isopods2SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942Cambarid crayfishes13SpeciesTaxom
Cancridae (Latreille, 1802)Edible crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852Cave Isopods0SpeciesTaxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Crangonidae Haworth, 1825Crangonid Shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassidae (Dana, 1849)2SpeciesTaxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815Penaeid shrimps3SpeciesTaxom
Gammaridae Leach, 1813Gammarids1SpeciesTaxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 18143SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Haustoriidae Stebbing, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster1SpeciesTaxom
Hyalellidae Gurjanova, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Bodotriidae T. Scott, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonidae (Rafinesque, 1815)Palaemonid Shrimps7SpeciesTaxom
Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852Glass shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Ligiidae Leach, 1814Rock lice1SpeciesTaxom
Dromiidae De Haan, 1833Sponge crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Nebaliidae Samouelle, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815Beach Hoppers2SpeciesTaxom
Axiidae Huxley, 1879Lobster shrimps0SpeciesTaxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802Crawfish1SpeciesTaxom
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819Nut crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825Porcelain crab1SpeciesTaxom
Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857Woodlice1SpeciesTaxom
Isaeidae Dana, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833Commensal Crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831Woodlice2SpeciesTaxom
Bopyridae Rafinesque, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893Mud crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Squillidae (Latreille, 1802)Squillid mantis shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852Anemone shrimp2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Brazoria County
75 Genera with 93 Species
#ABCEFGHILMNOPRST
Aegathoa Dana, 01SpeciesTaxom
Albunea Weber, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Alpheopsis Coutière, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Alpheus Fabricius, 1818pistol shrimps3SpeciesTaxom
Americamysis G.O. Sars, 19692SpeciesTaxom
Ameroculodes Bousfield an..., 19051SpeciesTaxom
Ampithoe Leach, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Apanthura Stebbing, 19851SpeciesTaxom
Apocorophium Bousfield & ..., 19111SpeciesTaxom
Aristaeopsis Wood-Mason, 18681SpeciesTaxom
Armadillidium Brandt, 1804Pill bugs2SpeciesTaxom
Bathybadistes Hessler & Th..., 19751SpeciesTaxom
Bowmaniella Bacescu, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Brasilomysis Bacescu, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Caecidotea Packard, 1818Cave Obligate Isopods1SpeciesTaxom
Calappa Weber, 1898Box crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Callinectes Stimpson, 19662SpeciesTaxom
Cambarellus Ortmann, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Cambarus Erichson, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Cardisoma Latreille, 1825giant land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Cherax Erichson, 1936Yabbies1SpeciesTaxom
Cirolana Leach, 1818
0SpeciesTaxom
Coenobita Latreille, 17871SpeciesTaxom
Conasellus Stammer, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Corophium Latreille, 1806
0SpeciesTaxom
Crangon Fabricius, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoa Fabricius, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Eurythenes S. I. Smith, 18221SpeciesTaxom
Fallicambarus Hobbs, 19673SpeciesTaxom
Farfantepenaeus Burukovsky, 19392SpeciesTaxom
Gammarus Fabricius, 1818Freshwater Shrimp Gammarus1SpeciesTaxom
Gnathia Leach, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Grapsus Lamarck, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Haustorius Müller, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Homarus Weber, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Hyalella Smith, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Iphinoe Bate, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Leander E. Desmarest, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Leptochela Stimpson, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Libinia Leach, 1815Spider Crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Ligia Fabricius, 1828rock lice1SpeciesTaxom
Litopenaeus Pérez Farfante, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassa Milne-Edwards, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Monocorophium Bousfield & ..., 18531SpeciesTaxom
Monodgnathia Cohen & Poore, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Moreiradromia Guinot & Tav..., 18581SpeciesTaxom
Mysidopsis G.O. Sars, 1864
0SpeciesTaxom
Nebalia Leach, 20001SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1787Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Orchestia Leach, 17661SpeciesTaxom
Orconectes Cope, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Ovalipes Rathbun, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Oxyrhynchaxius Parisi, 1917
0SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonetes Heller, 18184SpeciesTaxom
Panulirus White, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Periclimenes Costa, 1860anemone shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Persephona Leach, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Petrolisthes Stimpson, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Philoscia Latreille, 17631SpeciesTaxom
Photis Krøyer, 19801SpeciesTaxom
Pinnixa White, 19181SpeciesTaxom
Porcellio Latreille, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Porcellionides Miers, 18331SpeciesTaxom
Portunus Weber, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Probopyrus Giard and Bo..., 18791SpeciesTaxom
Procambarus Ortmann, 18525SpeciesTaxom
Rhithropanopeus Rathbun, 18411SpeciesTaxom
Speocarcinus Stimpson, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Squilla Fabricius, 18181SpeciesTaxom
Synalpheus Bate, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Talitroides Bonnier, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Talorchestia Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Taphromysis Banner, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Tozeuma Stimpson, 18812SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Brazoria County
93 Species
Aegathoa linguifrons
Albunea paretii Guérin-Ménev..., 1853Beach mole crab
Alpheopsis harperi Wicksten, 1984Coast range false bindweed
Alpheus dolerus Banner, 1956
Alpheus floridanus Kingsley, 1878Sand snapping shrimp
Alpheus heterochaelis Say, 1818Bigclaw snapping shrimp
Americamysis almyra Bowman, 1964
Americamysis bahia Molenock, 1969
Ameroculodes edwardsi Holmes, 1905
Ampithoe valida Smith, 1873Comanche Peak prairie clover
Apanthura isotoma Poore & Lew Ton, 1985
Apocorophium lacustre Vanhöffen, 1911
Aristaeopsis edwardsiana Johnson, 1868Giant Scarlet Prawn
Armadillidium nasatum Budde-Lund, 1885Isopod
Armadillidium vulgare Latreille, 1804Carpenter
Bathybadistes hoplitis Hessler & Th..., 1975
Bowmaniella brasiliensis Bacescu, 1968
Brasilomysis castroi Bacescu, 1968
Caecidotea communis (Say, 1818)⇒ Conasellus communis Say, 1818
Calappa sulcata Rathbun, 1898Yellow box crab
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896American blue crab
Callinectes similis Williams, 1966Dwarf crab
Cambarellus (Dirigicambarus) shufeldtii Faxon, 1884Cajun dwarf crayfish
Cambarellus (Pandicambarus) puer Hobbs, 1941Swamp dwarf crayfish
Cambarus (Lacunicambarus) ludovicianus Faxon, 1884Painted devil crayfish
Cancer pagurus Linnaeus, 1758Brown crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825Blue land crab
Cherax destructor Clark, 1936Australian yabbi
Coenobita clypeatus Fabricius, 1787Caribbean hermit crab
Conasellus communis Say, 1818
Crangon crangon Linnaeus, 1758Bay shrimp
Cymothoa gerris Schioedte & ..., 1884
Eurythenes gryllus Lichtenstein, 1822Amphipod
Fallicambarus (Creaserinus) fodiens Cottle, 1863Digger crayfish
Fallicambarus (Creaserinus) hedgpethi Hobbs, 1948
Fallicambarus (Fallicambarus) macneesei Black, 1967Old Prairie Digger
Farfantepenaeus aztecus Ives, 1891Brown shrimp
Farfantepenaeus duorarum Burkenroad, 1939Bait shrimp
Gammarus mucronatus Say, 1818
Gnathia iridomyrmex Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia odontomachus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Grapsus grapsus Linnaeus, 1758Abuete negro
Haustorius galvezi Hancock & Wi..., 2018
Homarus gammarus Linnaeus, 1758Common lobster
Hyalella azteca Saussure, 1858Mexican Freshwater Shrimp
Iphinoe ischnura Zimmer, 1952
Leander tenuicornis Say, 1818Brown glass shrimp
Leptochela bermudensis Gurney, 1939Bermuda comb shrimp
Libinia emarginata Leach, 1815Common Spider Crab
Ligia (Megaligia) exotica Roux, 1828Wharf roach
Litopenaeus setiferus Linnaeus, 1767Atlantic white shrimp
Lysianassa ceratina (Walker, 1889)⇒ Lysianassa caesarea Ruffo, 1987
Monocorophium acherusicum Costa, 1853Gammarid
Monodgnathia ponera Cohen & Poore, 1994
Moreiradromia antillensis Stimpson, 1858Lesser Sponge Crab
Nebalia melanophthalma Ledoyer, 2000
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787Atlantic ghost crab
Orchestia gammarellus Pallas, 1766Beach-flea
Orconectes (Gremicambarus) virilis Hagen, 1870Common Crawfish
Orconectes (Procericambarus) placidus Hagen, 1870Bigclaw crayfish
Ovalipes floridanus Hay & Shore, 1918Florida lady crab
Palaemonetes kadiakensis Rathbun, 1902Mississippi grass shrimp
Palaemonetes paludosus Gibbes, 1850Eastern grass shrimp
Palaemonetes pugio Holthuis, 1949Daggerblade grass shrimp
Palaemonetes vulgaris Say, 1818Common American prawn
Panulirus argus Latreille, 1804Caribbean spiny lobster
Periclimenes (Periclimenes) iridescens Lebour, 1949Iridescent shrimp
Periclimenes longicaudatus (Stimpson, 1860)⇒ Urocaris longicaudata Stimpson, 1860
Persephona aquilonaris Rathbun, 1933
Persephona crinita Rathbun, 1931Pink purse crab
Petrolisthes galathinus Bosc, 1802Banded porcelain crab
Philoscia muscorum Scopoli, 1763Common striped woodlouse
Photis melanica McKinney, 1980Carolina draba
Pinnixa retinens M. J. Rathbun, 1918
Porcellio scaber Latreille, 1804Common rough woodlouse
Porcellionides pruinosus Brandt, 1833Delicate slater
Portunus (Achelous) spinimanus (Latreille, 1819)⇒ Achelous spinimanus Latreille, 1819
Portunus (Portunus) gibbesii Stimpson, 1859Iridescent swimming crab
Probopyrus pandalicola Packard, 1879
Procambarus (Capillicambarus) brazoriensis Albaugh, 1975Brazoria crayfish
Procambarus (Capillicambarus) hinei Ortmann, 1905Marsh Crayfish
Procambarus (Ortmannicus) acutus Girard, 1852White river crawfish
Procambarus (Ortmannicus) zonangulus Hobbs & Hobbs, 1990Southern White River Crawfish
Procambarus (Scapulicambarus) clarkii Girard, 1852American crayfish
Rhithropanopeus harrisii Gould, 1841Dwarf crab
Speocarcinus lobatus Guinot, 1969Gulf Squareback Crab
Squilla empusa (Say, 1818)⇒ Faughnia haani Holthuis, 1959
Synalpheus fritzmuelleri Coutière, 1909Speckled snapping shrimp
Talitroides alluaudi Chevreux, 1896Gammarid amphipod
Taphromysis louisianae Banner, 1953
Tozeuma carolinense Kingsley, 1878Arrow shrimp
Tozeuma serratum A. Milne-Edw..., 1881Serrate arrow shrimp

Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in Brazoria County
SubclassEumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
50
74
92
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubclassPhyllocarida
Packard, 1879
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Malacostraca at artfakta.se
Malacostraca at biodiversity.org.au
Malacostraca at dyntaxa.se
Malacostraca at gbif.org
Malacostraca at irmng.org
Malacostraca at itis.gov
Malacostraca at marinespecies.org