Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region Canada (North America)
List of families for Canada
265 Families width 2257 Species and 32 Subspecies #ABCDEGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVXZ
| Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Aegidae White, 1850 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Aeglidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agathotanaidae Lang, 1971 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Akanthophoreidae Sieg, 1986 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858 | Mole crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 1989 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Alloniscidae Schmidt, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857 | | 36 | Species | Taxom | | Amphilochidae Boeck, 1871 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 1965 | | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Anarthruridae Lang, 1971 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ancinidae Tattersall, 1905 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Anisogammaridae Bousfield, 1977 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Antheluridae Kensley & Sc..., 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthracocarididae Schram, 1979 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Anthuridae Wägele, 1982 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Apseudidae Leach, 1814 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Arcturidae Dana, 1849 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Argissidae Walker, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Gamba prawns | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Aristiidae Lowry & Stod..., 1997 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Armadillidae Brandt, 1831 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833 | Doodle bugs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Asellidae Latreille, 1802 | Freshwater Isopods | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Astacidae Latreille, 1802 | Astacid crayfishes | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Atylidae Lilljeborg, 1865 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Axiidae Huxley, 1879 | Lobster shrimps | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Benthesicymid shrimps | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Bentheuphausiidae Colosi, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bodotriidae T. Scott, 1901 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Bythocarididae Christoffersen, 1987 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 | Burrowing Ghost Shrimps | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Calliopiidae G. O. Sars, 1895 | | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Camarocarcinidae Feldmann & al., 2007 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942 | Cambarid crayfishes | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Canadasipididae Novožilov, 1960 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Caprellidae Leach, 1814 | Ghost shrimps | 55 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Caryocarididae Racheboeuf, ..., 2000 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cenomanocarcinidae Guinot & al., 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chaetiliidae Dana, 1849 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Cheiragonidae Ortmann, 1893 | Helmet crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 | Cave Isopods | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Colletteidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Corallanidae Nunomura, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Coronididae Manning, 1980 | Coronidid mantis shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Corophiidae Leach, 1814 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Crangonidae Haworth, 1825 | Crangonid Shrimp | 47 | Species | Taxom | | Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973 | Gammarid amphipods | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Whale lice | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Cylisticidae Verhoeff, 1949 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyllopodidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 | Fish Doctors | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cyphocarididae Lowry & Stod..., 1997 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cystisomatidae Willemöes-Suhm, 1875 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Desmosomatidae Brix, 2006 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Dexaminidae Leach, 1814 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Diastylidae Bate, 1856 | | 43 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Dogielinotidae Gurjanova, 1953 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Entoniscidae Kossmann, 1881 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Erymidae Van Straelen, 1924 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Eryonidae De Haan, 1841 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eucopiidae Sars, 1885 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 1999 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphausiidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Eusiridae Stebbing, 1888 | | 35 | Species | Taxom | | Expanathuridae Nunomura, 1984 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 | Squat lobsters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gammaracanthidae Bousfield, 1989 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gammarellidae Bousfield, 1977 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gammaridae Leach, 1813 | Gammarids | 37 | Species | Taxom | | Geryonidae Colosi, 1923 | Deepsea crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Glypheidae Zittel, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884 | Armored shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Glyptograpsidae Schubart, C..., 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathiidae Leach, 1814 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathophausiidae Udrescu, 1984 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gonodactylidae Giesbrecht, 1910 | Gonodactylid mantis shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 1908 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hapalogastridae Brandt, 1850 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Haplomunnidae Wilson, 1976 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Haploniscidae Hansen, 1916 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Haustoriidae Stebbing, 1906 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 | Mole Crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Holognathidae G. Thomson, 1904 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalellidae Gurjanova, 1953 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalidae Bulycheva, 1957 | | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenocarididae Haeckel, 1896 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Hyperiidae Dana, 1853 | Hyperiids | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 49 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Inachoididae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ingolfiellidae Hansen, 1903 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iphimediidae Boeck, 1871 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Isaeidae Dana, 1853 | | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 1899 | | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Janiridae Sars, 1897 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 1933 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Katianiridae Svavarsson, 1987 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Lafystiidae Krøyer, 1842 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Lampropidae Sars, 1878 | | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Lanceolidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Laphystiopsidae Stebbing, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Leptognathiidae Sieg, 1976 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Leuconidae Sars, 1878 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucothoidae Dana, 1852 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Ligiidae Leach, 1814 | Rock lice | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Limnoriidae White, 1850 | Gribble | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lipkiidae Burukovsky, 2012 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 | King crab | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Longusorbiidae Karasawa, Sc..., 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lophogastridae Sars, 1870 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaeidae Claus, 1879 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Lysianassidae Dana, 1849 | | 62 | Species | Taxom | | Lysiosquillidae Giesbrecht, 1910 | Lysiosquillid mantis shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Macrostylidae Hansen, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Maeridae Krapp-Schickel, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 2003 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Melitidae Bousfield, 1973 | | 39 | Species | Taxom | | Melphidippidae Stebbing, 1899 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metapseudidae Lang, 1970 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Microphasmatidae (Stephensen &..., 1931) | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Mithracidae Balss, 1929 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Munnidae Sars, 1897 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Mysidae Haworth, 1825 | | 81 | Species | Taxom | | Najnidae Barnard, 1972 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 1866 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nannosquillidae Manning, 1980 | Nannosquillid mantis shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nebaliidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Neotanaidae Lang, 1956 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Nephropidae Dana, 1852 | Clawed Lobster | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nototanaidae Sieg, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Odiidae Coleman & Ba..., 1991 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 1865 | | 53 | Species | Taxom | | Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955 | Long-eyed shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oniscidae Latreille, 1802 | Sow Bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Opisidae Lowry & Stod..., 1995 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Oplophoridae Dana, 1852 | Deepsea shrimps | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Oregoniidae Garth, 1958 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycephalidae Dana, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 44 | Species | Taxom | | Pakynidae Lowry & Myers, 2017 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Palaeocarididae Meek & Worthen, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaeocorystidae Lorenthey & ..., 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palaeopalaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 | Stilt crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pandalidae Haworth, 1825 | Pandalid shrimp | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 | Mud crabs | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Paramunnidae Vanhöffen, 1914 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 1968 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 | Deepwater hermit crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paraphronimidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasquillidae Manning, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parastacidae Huxley, 1879 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pardaliscidae Boeck, 1871 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852 | Glass shrimps | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Penaeid shrimps | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Perspicarididae Briggs, 1978 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Petalophthalmidae Czerniavsky, 1882 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857 | Woodlice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phoxocephalidae Sars, 1891 | | 50 | Species | Taxom | | Phronimidae Rafinesque, 1815 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Phrosinidae Dana, 1852 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949 | Woodlice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyischnopidae Barnard & Dr..., 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pleustidae Bucholz, 1874 | | 53 | Species | Taxom | | Podoceridae Leach, 1814 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 | Blind lobsters | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pontogeneiidae Stebbing, 1906 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Pontoporeiidae Dana, 1853 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831 | Woodlice | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Processidae Ortmann, 1896 | Night shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocumatidae G. O. Sars, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosquillidae Manning, 1977 | Pseudosquillid mantis shrimps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudotanaidae Sieg, 1976 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Pygocephalidae Brooks, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Retroplumidae Gill, 1894 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhinocarididae Hall & Clarke, 1888 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Salentinellidae Bousfield, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Santiidae Wilson, 1987 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Scinidae Stebbing, 1888 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scopelocheiridae Lowry & Stod..., 1997 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scyphacidae Dana, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sebidae Walker, 1908 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sergestidae Dana, 1852 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Serolidae Dana, 1852 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898 | Rock shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Solenocerid shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Sphyrapidae Gutu, 1980 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Squillidae Latreille, 1802 | Squillid mantis shrimps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Stegocephalidae Dana, 1852 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopodidae Risso, 1826 | Coral shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenothoidae Boeck, 1871 | | 41 | Species | Taxom | | Stilipididae Holmes, 1908 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Synopiidae Dana, 1852 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815 | Beach Hoppers | 27 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaellidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaidae Dana, 1849 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Tealliocarididae Brooks, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tecticipitidae Bruce, 1993 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thoridae Kingsley, 1878 | Anemone shrimp | 71 | Species | Taxom | | Trachelipodidae Strouhal, 1953 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899 | Woodlice | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Tychidae (Dana, 1851) | Urn crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Typhlotanaidae (Sieg, 1986) | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Tyrannophontidae Schram, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903 | Mud shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Uristidae Hurley, 1963 | | 38 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Vibiliidae Dana, 1852 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Xandarocarcinidae | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Xiphocarididae Ortmann, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Zanthopsidae Vía, 1959 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in Canada
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