Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region Cameroon (Central Africa)
List of families for Cameroon
75 Families width 272 Species and 6 Subspecies #ACDEGHIJLMOPRSTU
| Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anarthruridae Lang, 1971 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Anthuridae Wägele, 1982 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Armadillidae Brandt, 1831 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Axiidae Huxley, 1879 | Lobster shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 | Burrowing Ghost Shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 | Cave Isopods | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Corallanidae Nunomura, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crangonidae Haworth, 1825 | Crangonid Shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 | Coral gall crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 | Fish Doctors | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Desmocarididae Borradaile, 1915 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Eubelidae Taiti, Ferra..., 2000 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Euryrhynchidae Holthuis, 1950 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathiidae Leach, 1814 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Hepatidae Stimpson, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalidae Bulycheva, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Janiridae Sars, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptognathiidae Sieg, 1976 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Leuconidae Sars, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leucothoidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 | King crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lysianassidae Dana, 1849 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lysmatidae Dana, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melitidae Bousfield, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mysidae Haworth, 1825 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pandalidae Haworth, 1825 | Pandalid shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 | Mud crabs | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Penaeid shrimps | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857 | Woodlice | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949 | Woodlice | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831 | Woodlice | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Sergestidae Dana, 1852 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898 | Rock shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Squillidae Latreille, 1802 | Squillid mantis shrimps | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Stenasellidae Dudich, 1924 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopodidae Risso, 1826 | Coral shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899 | Woodlice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903 | Mud shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in Cameroon
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
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