Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)
List of families for Cape Peninsula
136 Families width 388 Species and 3 Subspecies #ABCDEGHIJLMNOPRSTUVX
| Aegidae White, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Agathotanaidae Lang, 1971 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858 | Mole crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anarthruridae Lang, 1971 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthuridae Wägele, 1982 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Apseudidae Leach, 1814 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Gamba prawns | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Armadillidae Brandt, 1831 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833 | Doodle bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 | Horse crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atylidae Lilljeborg, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Axiidae Huxley, 1879 | Lobster shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Benthesicymid shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bodotriidae T. Scott, 1901 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 | Burrowing Ghost Shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Caprellidae Leach, 1814 | Ghost shrimps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Colletteidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Colomastigidae Stebbing, 1899 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Corophiidae Leach, 1814 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crangonidae Haworth, 1825 | Crangonid Shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Whale lice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymonomidae Bouvier, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 | Fish Doctors | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dendrotiidae (Vanhöffen, 1914) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Desmosomatidae Brix, 2006 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Dexaminidae Leach, 1814 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Diastylidae Bate, 1856 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eugonatonotidae Chace, 1937 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphausiidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Eusiridae Stebbing, 1888 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Geryonidae Colosi, 1923 | Deepsea crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884 | Armored shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathiidae Leach, 1814 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gynodiastylidae Stebbing, 1912 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Haploniscidae Hansen, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hekelidae Ferrara, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hepatidae Stimpson, 1871 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 | Mole Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Holidoteidae Wägele, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalidae Bulycheva, 1957 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Inachoididae Dana, 1851 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Isaeidae Dana, 1853 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomesidae Hansen, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Janirellidae Menzies, 1956 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampropidae Sars, 1878 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Lanceolidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptognathiidae Sieg, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Leucothoidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligiidae Leach, 1814 | Rock lice | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lysianassidae Dana, 1849 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Melitidae Bousfield, 1973 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mithracidae Balss, 1929 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Mysidae Haworth, 1825 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nannosquillidae Manning, 1980 | Nannosquillid mantis shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nebaliidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Neotanaidae Lang, 1956 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nototanaidae Sieg, 1976 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 1865 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Oplophoridae Dana, 1852 | Deepsea shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oregoniidae Garth, 1958 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 | Stilt crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 | Mud crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 | Deepwater hermit crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852 | Glass shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Penaeid shrimps | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857 | Woodlice | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phoxocephalidae Sars, 1891 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Platyscelidae Bate, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Podoceridae Leach, 1814 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 | Blind lobsters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831 | Woodlice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Processidae Ortmann, 1896 | Night shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Protojaniridae Fresi, Idat..., 1980 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 1900 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudotanaidae Sieg, 1976 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Scyphacidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sergestidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898 | Rock shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Solenocerid shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Stenetriidae Hansen, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stenothoidae Boeck, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815 | Beach Hoppers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaellidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tylidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tyrannophontidae Schram, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903 | Mud shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Urothoidae Bousfield, 1978 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
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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