Species list, Checklist of Class Malacostraca (Higher Crustaceans) for China (East Asia)

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Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region China (East Asia)

Class

Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans

267
1281
3571

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

List of families for China
267 Families width 3571 Species and 34 Subspecies

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Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852		8	Species	Taxom
Acetidae Vereshchaka, 2017		6	Species	Taxom
Acidopsidae Stevcic, 2005		2	Species	Taxom
Aegeridae Burkenroad, 1963		3	Species	Taxom
Aegidae White, 1850		2	Species	Taxom
Aethridae Dana, 1851		2	Species	Taxom
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858	Mole crabs	8	Species	Taxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 1989		1	Species	Taxom
Alloniscidae Schmidt, 2003		1	Species	Taxom
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815	Alpheid shrimp	95	Species	Taxom
Alvinocarididae Christoffersen, 1986		2	Species	Taxom
Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 2002		1	Species	Taxom
Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857		22	Species	Taxom
Amphisopodidae Nicholls, 1943		1	Species	Taxom
Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 1965		3	Species	Taxom
Anapronoidae Bowman & Gruner, 1973		1	Species	Taxom
Anisogammaridae Bousfield, 1977		3	Species	Taxom
Anthuridae Wägele, 1982		1	Species	Taxom
Anuropidae Stebbing, 1893		1	Species	Taxom
Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945		4	Species	Taxom
Apseudidae Leach, 1814		2	Species	Taxom
Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Gamba prawns	9	Species	Taxom
Armadillidae Brandt, 1831		15	Species	Taxom
Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833	Doodle bugs	14	Species	Taxom
Asellidae Latreille, 1802	Freshwater Isopods	6	Species	Taxom
Astacidae Latreille, 1802	Astacid crayfishes	7	Species	Taxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893	Horse crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Atyidae De Haan, 1849	Atyid shrimps	124	Species	Taxom
Axiidae Huxley, 1879	Lobster shrimps	22	Species	Taxom
Bathynellidae Pennak & Ward, 1985		2	Species	Taxom
Bathypalaemonellidae de Saint Lau..., 1985		4	Species	Taxom
Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967	Bathysquillid mantis shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Benthesicymid shrimps	6	Species	Taxom
Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002	Spiny sand crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Bodotriidae T. Scott, 1901		6	Species	Taxom
Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815		62	Species	Taxom
Cabiropidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887		1	Species	Taxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837	Box Crab	22	Species	Taxom
Callianassidae Dana, 1852	Burrowing Ghost Shrimps	12	Species	Taxom
Callianideidae Kossmann, 1880		1	Species	Taxom
Callichiridae Manning & Fe..., 1991		1	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	8	Species	Taxom
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858		9	Species	Taxom
Canadasipididae Novožilov, 1960		1	Species	Taxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802	Edible crabs	11	Species	Taxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814	Ghost shrimps	11	Species	Taxom
Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893	Coral crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Caryocarididae Racheboeuf, ..., 2000		0	Species	Taxom
Chaetiliidae Dana, 1849		1	Species	Taxom
Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964		8	Species	Taxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892		21	Species	Taxom
Chlorotocellidae Komai, Chan ..., 2019		1	Species	Taxom
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852	Cave Isopods	18	Species	Taxom
Clytiopsidae Beurlen, 1927		1	Species	Taxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851	Land hermit crabs	5	Species	Taxom
Colomastigidae Stebbing, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Corallanidae Nunomura, 2006		3	Species	Taxom
Corophiidae Leach, 1814		4	Species	Taxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 1819		5	Species	Taxom
Crangonidae Haworth, 1825	Crangonid Shrimp	24	Species	Taxom
Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875	Coral gall crabs	9	Species	Taxom
Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892		6	Species	Taxom
Cylisticidae Verhoeff, 1949		2	Species	Taxom
Cymonomidae Bouvier, 1897		3	Species	Taxom
Cymothoidae Leach, 1818	Fish Doctors	26	Species	Taxom
Dacryopilumnidae Serène, 1984		2	Species	Taxom
Dairidae Ng & Rodriguez, 1986		2	Species	Taxom
Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887		1	Species	Taxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 1814		2	Species	Taxom
Diastylidae Bate, 1856		1	Species	Taxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892	Left-handed hermit crabs	88	Species	Taxom
Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838	Demon-faced crabs	32	Species	Taxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858		21	Species	Taxom
Dromiidae De Haan, 1833	Sponge crabs	24	Species	Taxom
Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892		6	Species	Taxom
Endevouridae Lowry & Stod..., 1997		1	Species	Taxom
Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988	Reef lobsters	5	Species	Taxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838	Kelp Crabs	54	Species	Taxom
Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871		0	Species	Taxom
Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838		1	Species	Taxom
Erymidae Van Straelen, 1924		1	Species	Taxom
Eucopiidae Sars, 1885		1	Species	Taxom
Eugonatonotidae Chace, 1937		1	Species	Taxom
Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 1999		1	Species	Taxom
Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 1900		6	Species	Taxom
Euphausiidae Milne-Edwards, 1837		32	Species	Taxom
Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871		8	Species	Taxom
Eurysquillidae Manning, 1977	Eurysquillid mantis shrimps	3	Species	Taxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819	Squat lobsters	26	Species	Taxom
Galenidae Alcock, 1898		9	Species	Taxom
Gammaridae Leach, 1813	Gammarids	18	Species	Taxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838	Land crabs	6	Species	Taxom
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923	Deepsea crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884	Armored shrimp	5	Species	Taxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 1814		6	Species	Taxom
Gnathophausiidae Udrescu, 1984		5	Species	Taxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838	Angular crabs	42	Species	Taxom
Gonodactylidae Giesbrecht, 1910	Gonodactylid mantis shrimps	13	Species	Taxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838	Marsh crabs	21	Species	Taxom
Gynodiastylidae Stebbing, 1912		0	Species	Taxom
Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 1908		2	Species	Taxom
Haustoriidae Stebbing, 1906		3	Species	Taxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 1871		1	Species	Taxom
Hexapodidae Miers, 1886		9	Species	Taxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825	Mole Crabs	9	Species	Taxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852	Anemone shrimp	18	Species	Taxom
Holognathidae G. Thomson, 1904		1	Species	Taxom
Homolidae De Haan, 1839	Carrier crabs	16	Species	Taxom
Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899		2	Species	Taxom
Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838		8	Species	Taxom
Hyperiidae Dana, 1853	Hyperiids	6	Species	Taxom
Hypothalassiidae Karasawa & S..., 2006	Champagne crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819		3	Species	Taxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 1838		18	Species	Taxom
Iphiculidae Alcock, 1896		5	Species	Taxom
Isaeidae Dana, 1853		2	Species	Taxom
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 1899		4	Species	Taxom
Janiridae Sars, 1897		1	Species	Taxom
Jurapseudidae Schram, Sieg..., 1986		1	Species	Taxom
Kalliapseudidae Lang, 1956		1	Species	Taxom
Kamakidae Myers & Lowry, 2003		2	Species	Taxom
Lanceolidae Bovallius, 1887		5	Species	Taxom
Laomediidae Borradaile, 1903		2	Species	Taxom
Laphystiopsidae Stebbing, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858	Longleg crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973		8	Species	Taxom
Lestrigonidae Zeidler, 2004		15	Species	Taxom
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819	Nut crabs	119	Species	Taxom
Leucothoidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Ligiidae Leach, 1814	Rock lice	11	Species	Taxom
Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 1899		4	Species	Taxom
Limnoriidae White, 1850	Gribble	1	Species	Taxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819	King crab	8	Species	Taxom
Litocheiridae ?tev?i?, 2005		1	Species	Taxom
Litogastroidae (Karasawa, Sc..., 2013)		1	Species	Taxom
Lophogastridae Sars, 1870		2	Species	Taxom
Luciferidae De Haan, 1849		5	Species	Taxom
Lycaeidae Claus, 1879		10	Species	Taxom
Lycaeopsidae Chevreux, 1913		2	Species	Taxom
Lysianassidae Dana, 1849		4	Species	Taxom
Lysiosquillidae Giesbrecht, 1910	Lysiosquillid mantis shrimps	3	Species	Taxom
Lysmatidae Dana, 1852		8	Species	Taxom
Macrocheiridae Dana, 1851		1	Species	Taxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851		27	Species	Taxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819	Spider crab	27	Species	Taxom
Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 2003		2	Species	Taxom
Matutidae De Haan, 1835		11	Species	Taxom
Mecochiridae Van Straelen, 1924		1	Species	Taxom
Megaluropidae Thomas & Bar..., 1987		1	Species	Taxom
Melitidae Bousfield, 1973		3	Species	Taxom
Menippidae Ortmann, 1893	Stone crabs	15	Species	Taxom
Metapseudidae Lang, 1970		2	Species	Taxom
Micheleidae Sakai, 1992		1	Species	Taxom
Micruropodidae Kamaltynov, 1999		1	Species	Taxom
Mictyridae Dana, 1851		2	Species	Taxom
Mithracidae Balss, 1929		1	Species	Taxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010		48	Species	Taxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874		43	Species	Taxom
Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864		2	Species	Taxom
Mysidae Haworth, 1825		48	Species	Taxom
Nannosquillidae Manning, 1980	Nannosquillid mantis shrimps	9	Species	Taxom
Nebaliidae Samouelle, 1819		1	Species	Taxom
Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884		1	Species	Taxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	22	Species	Taxom
Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977		4	Species	Taxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815	Fiddler crabs	43	Species	Taxom
Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980	Odontodactylid mantis shrimps	4	Species	Taxom
Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955	Long-eyed shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Oniscidae Latreille, 1802	Sow Bugs	5	Species	Taxom
Oplophoridae Dana, 1852	Deepsea shrimps	7	Species	Taxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 1958		3	Species	Taxom
Orithyiidae Dana, 1853		3	Species	Taxom
Oxycephalidae Dana, 1852		18	Species	Taxom
Oziidae Dana, 1851		5	Species	Taxom
Pagurapseudidae Lang, 1970		1	Species	Taxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802	Hermit Crabs	68	Species	Taxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815	Palaemonid Shrimps	152	Species	Taxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898	Stilt crabs	6	Species	Taxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802	Crawfish	26	Species	Taxom
Pandalidae Haworth, 1825	Pandalid shrimp	62	Species	Taxom
Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 1968		2	Species	Taxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882	Deepwater hermit crabs	27	Species	Taxom
Paraphronimidae Bovallius, 1887		2	Species	Taxom
Parapseudidae Gutu, 1981		2	Species	Taxom
Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887		4	Species	Taxom
Parasquillidae Manning, 1995		3	Species	Taxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 1879		3	Species	Taxom
Paratanaidae Lang, 1949		3	Species	Taxom
Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910		7	Species	Taxom
Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838	Elbow crabs	35	Species	Taxom
Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852	Glass shrimps	25	Species	Taxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815	Penaeid shrimps	109	Species	Taxom
Perspicarididae Briggs, 1978		1	Species	Taxom
Petalophthalmidae Czerniavsky, 1882		1	Species	Taxom
Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857	Woodlice	16	Species	Taxom
Phoxocephalidae Sars, 1891		2	Species	Taxom
Phronimidae Rafinesque, 1815		8	Species	Taxom
Phrosinidae Dana, 1852		5	Species	Taxom
Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819		70	Species	Taxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833	Commensal Crabs	18	Species	Taxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 1851		11	Species	Taxom
Planopilumnidae Serène, 1984		1	Species	Taxom
Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949	Woodlice	3	Species	Taxom
Platyscelidae Bate, 1862		14	Species	Taxom
Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874	Blind lobsters	13	Species	Taxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825	Porcelain crab	62	Species	Taxom
Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831	Woodlice	22	Species	Taxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815	Swimming Crab	129	Species	Taxom
Potamidae Ortmann, 1896		112	Species	Taxom
Potamonautidae Bott, 1970		4	Species	Taxom
Procarididae Chace & Manning, 1972		3	Species	Taxom
Processidae Ortmann, 1896	Night shrimps	12	Species	Taxom
Pronoidae Dana, 1852		11	Species	Taxom
Prosopidae von Meyer, 1860		1	Species	Taxom
Protosquillidae Manning, 1980	Protosquillid mantis shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Psalidopodidae Wood-Mason, 1892	Scissorfoot shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Pseudocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 1989		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudosquillidae Manning, 1977	Pseudosquillid mantis shrimps	3	Species	Taxom
Pseudozeuxidae Sieg, 1982		1	Species	Taxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 1888		6	Species	Taxom
Raninidae De Haan, 1839	Frog crabs	19	Species	Taxom
Retroplumidae Gill, 1894		2	Species	Taxom
Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890	Hingebeak shrimp	11	Species	Taxom
Rhyscotidae Budde-Lund, 1908		1	Species	Taxom
Salentinellidae Bousfield, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Scalopidiidae Stevcic, 2005		1	Species	Taxom
Scinidae Stebbing, 1888		10	Species	Taxom
Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825	Shovel-nosed lobsters	38	Species	Taxom
Scyphacidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Sergestidae Dana, 1852		7	Species	Taxom
Serolidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 1851		72	Species	Taxom
Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898	Rock shrimps	12	Species	Taxom
Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891	Solenocerid shrimps	32	Species	Taxom
Spelaeogriphidae Gordon, 1957		1	Species	Taxom
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825		11	Species	Taxom
Spongicolidae von Martens, 1872	Glass sponge shrimps	5	Species	Taxom
Squillidae Latreille, 1802	Squillid mantis shrimps	98	Species	Taxom
Stegocephalidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Stenopodidae Risso, 1826	Coral shrimps	3	Species	Taxom
Strahlaxiidae Poore, 1994		2	Species	Taxom
Stylodactylidae Bate, 1888		7	Species	Taxom
Styloniscidae Vandel, 1952		2	Species	Taxom
Takuidae Manning, 1995		1	Species	Taxom
Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815	Beach Hoppers	9	Species	Taxom
Tanaidae Dana, 1849		2	Species	Taxom
Tanaocheleidae Ng & P. F. C..., 2000		1	Species	Taxom
Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004		6	Species	Taxom
Tetrasquillidae Manning & Camp, 1993	Tetrasquillid mantis shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Thalassinidae Latreille, 1831	Mud lobsters	1	Species	Taxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878	Anemone shrimp	16	Species	Taxom
Trachelipodidae Strouhal, 1953		30	Species	Taxom
Trapeziidae Miers, 1886	Coral crabs	20	Species	Taxom
Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1835		1	Species	Taxom
Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899	Woodlice	8	Species	Taxom
Tylidae Dana, 1852		3	Species	Taxom
Tylocarididae Taylor, Shen..., 1998		2	Species	Taxom
Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903	Mud shrimp	11	Species	Taxom
Uristidae Hurley, 1963		1	Species	Taxom
Urothoidae Bousfield, 1978		2	Species	Taxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853		62	Species	Taxom
Vibiliidae Dana, 1852		10	Species	Taxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838	Mud crabs	162	Species	Taxom
Xenograpsidae Davie, Schub..., 2007		1	Species	Taxom
Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858		4	Species	Taxom
Zanthopsidae Vía, 1959		1	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in China

Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	263 1276 3567	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Phyllocarida Packard, 1879	4 5 4	Families Genera 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