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

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

Class

Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans

332
1657
4863

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

List of families for East Africa
332 Families width 4863 Species and 90 Subspecies

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Acanthaspidiidae Just, 2001		5	Species	Taxom
Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852		19	Species	Taxom
Acetidae Vereshchaka, 2017		2	Species	Taxom
Acidopsidae Stevcic, 2005		2	Species	Taxom
Aegidae White, 1850		10	Species	Taxom
Aeglidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Aethridae Dana, 1851		5	Species	Taxom
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858	Mole crabs	8	Species	Taxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 1989		1	Species	Taxom
Alloniscidae Schmidt, 2003		9	Species	Taxom
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815	Alpheid shrimp	191	Species	Taxom
Alvinocarididae Christoffersen, 1986		3	Species	Taxom
Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 2002		3	Species	Taxom
Amathillopsidae Pirlot, 1934		0	Species	Taxom
Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857		8	Species	Taxom
Amphilochidae Boeck, 1871		7	Species	Taxom
Amphionididae Holthuis, 1955		1	Species	Taxom
Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 1965		18	Species	Taxom
Antarcturidae Kussakin & V..., 1998		1	Species	Taxom
Antheluridae Kensley & Sc..., 2000		5	Species	Taxom
Anthuridae Wägele, 1982		27	Species	Taxom
Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945		14	Species	Taxom
Aphanodactylidae Ahyong & Ng, 2009		2	Species	Taxom
Apseudellidae Gutu, 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Apseudidae Leach, 1814		9	Species	Taxom
Arcturidae Dana, 1849		17	Species	Taxom
Arcturididae Poore, 2001		1	Species	Taxom
Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Gamba prawns	15	Species	Taxom
Aristiidae Lowry & Stod..., 1997		1	Species	Taxom
Armadillidae Brandt, 1831		100	Species	Taxom
Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833	Doodle bugs	3	Species	Taxom
Asconiscidae Bonnier, 1900		1	Species	Taxom
Asellidae Latreille, 1802	Freshwater Isopods	3	Species	Taxom
Astacidae Latreille, 1802	Astacid crayfishes	6	Species	Taxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893	Horse crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Atyidae De Haan, 1849	Atyid shrimps	82	Species	Taxom
Atylidae Lilljeborg, 1865		4	Species	Taxom
Axiidae Huxley, 1879	Lobster shrimps	25	Species	Taxom
Barbouriidae Christoffersen, 1987		1	Species	Taxom
Barybrotidae Hansen, 1890		1	Species	Taxom
Bateidae Stebbing, 1906		2	Species	Taxom
Bathynellidae Pennak & Ward, 1985		1	Species	Taxom
Bathypalaemonellidae de Saint Lau..., 1985		1	Species	Taxom
Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967	Bathysquillid mantis shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Benthesicymid shrimps	15	Species	Taxom
Bentheuphausiidae Colosi, 1917		1	Species	Taxom
Bodotriidae T. Scott, 1901		36	Species	Taxom
Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815		51	Species	Taxom
Buddelundiellidae (G. O. Sars, 1899)		1	Species	Taxom
Bythograeidae Williams, 1980		1	Species	Taxom
Cabiropidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887		1	Species	Taxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837	Box Crab	33	Species	Taxom
Callianassidae Dana, 1852	Burrowing Ghost Shrimps	35	Species	Taxom
Callianideidae Kossmann, 1880		2	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	3	Species	Taxom
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858		4	Species	Taxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802	Edible crabs	10	Species	Taxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814	Ghost shrimps	16	Species	Taxom
Cardenioidae Barnard & Ka..., 1987		1	Species	Taxom
Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893	Coral crabs	14	Species	Taxom
Ceratocumatidae Calman, 1905		2	Species	Taxom
Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964		5	Species	Taxom
Cheirocratidae Ren, 2006		1	Species	Taxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892		21	Species	Taxom
Chlorotocellidae Komai, Chan ..., 2019		2	Species	Taxom
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852	Cave Isopods	61	Species	Taxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851	Land hermit crabs	17	Species	Taxom
Coleiidae Van Straelen, 1924		1	Species	Taxom
Colletteidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002		2	Species	Taxom
Colomastigidae Stebbing, 1899		2	Species	Taxom
Coralaxiidae Sakai & de S..., 1989		1	Species	Taxom
Corallanidae Nunomura, 2006		14	Species	Taxom
Coronididae Manning, 1980	Coronidid mantis shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Corophiidae Leach, 1814		3	Species	Taxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 1819		1	Species	Taxom
Crangonidae Haworth, 1825	Crangonid Shrimp	21	Species	Taxom
Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875	Coral gall crabs	11	Species	Taxom
Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880		1	Species	Taxom
Ctenochelidae Manning & Fe..., 1991		1	Species	Taxom
Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892		6	Species	Taxom
Cymonomidae Bouvier, 1897		3	Species	Taxom
Cymothoidae Leach, 1818	Fish Doctors	43	Species	Taxom
Cyphocarididae Lowry & Stod..., 1997		4	Species	Taxom
Dacryopilumnidae Serène, 1984		2	Species	Taxom
Dairidae Ng & Rodriguez, 1986		2	Species	Taxom
Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887		3	Species	Taxom
Desmosomatidae Brix, 2006		1	Species	Taxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 1814		3	Species	Taxom
Diastylidae Bate, 1856		20	Species	Taxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892	Left-handed hermit crabs	98	Species	Taxom
Disciadidae Rathbun, 1902		3	Species	Taxom
Dogielinotidae Gurjanova, 1953		3	Species	Taxom
Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893		1	Species	Taxom
Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838	Demon-faced crabs	17	Species	Taxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858		5	Species	Taxom
Dromiidae De Haan, 1833	Sponge crabs	56	Species	Taxom
Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892		9	Species	Taxom
Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988	Reef lobsters	5	Species	Taxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838	Kelp Crabs	79	Species	Taxom
Epimeriidae Boeck, 1871		0	Species	Taxom
Eriopisidae Lowry & Myers, 2013		1	Species	Taxom
Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838		1	Species	Taxom
Erymidae Van Straelen, 1924		8	Species	Taxom
Erythrosquillidae Manning & Bruce, 1984		1	Species	Taxom
Etyidae Guinot & Tav..., 2001		2	Species	Taxom
Etyiidae (Guinot & Tav..., 2001)		0	Species	Taxom
Eubelidae Taiti, Ferra..., 2000		115	Species	Taxom
Eucopiidae Sars, 1885		5	Species	Taxom
Eugonatonotidae Chace, 1937		1	Species	Taxom
Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 1999		1	Species	Taxom
Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 1900		4	Species	Taxom
Euphausiidae Milne-Edwards, 1837		29	Species	Taxom
Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871		2	Species	Taxom
Eurysquillidae Manning, 1977	Eurysquillid mantis shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Eusiridae Stebbing, 1888		4	Species	Taxom
Exoedicerotidae Barnard & Dr..., 1982		1	Species	Taxom
Expanathuridae Nunomura, 1984		9	Species	Taxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819	Squat lobsters	48	Species	Taxom
Gammaridae Leach, 1813	Gammarids	5	Species	Taxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838	Land crabs	7	Species	Taxom
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923	Deepsea crabs	7	Species	Taxom
Glypheidae Zittel, 1885		1	Species	Taxom
Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884	Armored shrimp	12	Species	Taxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 1814		25	Species	Taxom
Gnathophausiidae Udrescu, 1984		5	Species	Taxom
Gnathostenetroididae Kussakin, 1967		2	Species	Taxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838	Angular crabs	19	Species	Taxom
Gonodactylidae Giesbrecht, 1910	Gonodactylid mantis shrimps	49	Species	Taxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838	Marsh crabs	33	Species	Taxom
Hadromastacidae Bruce & Müller, 1991		1	Species	Taxom
Hadziidae Karaman, 1943		1	Species	Taxom
Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 1908		6	Species	Taxom
Haploniscidae Hansen, 1916		1	Species	Taxom
Haustoriidae Stebbing, 1906		1	Species	Taxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 1871		2	Species	Taxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825	Mole Crabs	9	Species	Taxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852	Anemone shrimp	27	Species	Taxom
Holidoteidae Wägele, 1989		2	Species	Taxom
Holognathidae G. Thomson, 1904		1	Species	Taxom
Homolidae De Haan, 1839	Carrier crabs	19	Species	Taxom
Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899		2	Species	Taxom
Hyalidae Bulycheva, 1957		10	Species	Taxom
Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838		8	Species	Taxom
Hyperiidae Dana, 1853	Hyperiids	2	Species	Taxom
Hyssuridae Wägele, 1981		2	Species	Taxom
Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819		4	Species	Taxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 1838		46	Species	Taxom
Inachoididae Dana, 1851		2	Species	Taxom
Indosquillidae Manning, 1995		1	Species	Taxom
Iphiculidae Alcock, 1896		1	Species	Taxom
Irmaosidae Ferrara & Taiti, 1983		2	Species	Taxom
Isaeidae Dana, 1853		9	Species	Taxom
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 1899		6	Species	Taxom
Janiridae Sars, 1897		20	Species	Taxom
Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 1933		17	Species	Taxom
Julmarichardiidae Moralés-Núñe..., 2021		2	Species	Taxom
Kalliapseudidae Lang, 1956		1	Species	Taxom
Koonungidae Sayce, 1908		1	Species	Taxom
Lampropidae Sars, 1878		7	Species	Taxom
Lanceolidae Bovallius, 1887		1	Species	Taxom
Laomediidae Borradaile, 1903		2	Species	Taxom
Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858	Longleg crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Lepidomysidae Clarke, 1961		1	Species	Taxom
Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001		9	Species	Taxom
Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973		7	Species	Taxom
Lestrigonidae Zeidler, 2004		1	Species	Taxom
Leuconidae Sars, 1878		10	Species	Taxom
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819	Nut crabs	103	Species	Taxom
Leucothoidae Dana, 1852		14	Species	Taxom
Ligiidae Leach, 1814	Rock lice	5	Species	Taxom
Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Limnoriidae White, 1850	Gribble	9	Species	Taxom
Linnaeoxanthidae Stevcic, 2005		1	Species	Taxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819	King crab	4	Species	Taxom
Lophogastridae Sars, 1870		5	Species	Taxom
Luciferidae De Haan, 1849		2	Species	Taxom
Lycaeidae Claus, 1879		3	Species	Taxom
Lysianassidae Dana, 1849		20	Species	Taxom
Lysiosquillidae Giesbrecht, 1910	Lysiosquillid mantis shrimps	7	Species	Taxom
Lysmatidae Dana, 1852		12	Species	Taxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851		23	Species	Taxom
Macrostylidae Hansen, 1916		1	Species	Taxom
Maeridae Krapp-Schickel, 2008		4	Species	Taxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819	Spider crab	47	Species	Taxom
Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 2003		1	Species	Taxom
Matutidae De Haan, 1835		8	Species	Taxom
Maxillipiidae Ledoyer, 1973		1	Species	Taxom
Melitidae Bousfield, 1973		46	Species	Taxom
Menippidae Ortmann, 1893	Stone crabs	27	Species	Taxom
Merguiidae Christoffersen, 1990		1	Species	Taxom
Micheleidae Sakai, 1992		3	Species	Taxom
Microcerberidae Karaman, 1933		3	Species	Taxom
Microparasellidae Karaman, 1933		1	Species	Taxom
Mithracidae Balss, 1929		9	Species	Taxom
Monodellidae Taramelli, 1954		2	Species	Taxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010		58	Species	Taxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874		44	Species	Taxom
Munnidae Sars, 1897		8	Species	Taxom
Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864		8	Species	Taxom
Mysidae Haworth, 1825		32	Species	Taxom
Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 1866		47	Species	Taxom
Nannosquillidae Manning, 1980	Nannosquillid mantis shrimps	9	Species	Taxom
Nebaliidae Samouelle, 1819		5	Species	Taxom
Necrocarcinidae Föster, 1968		1	Species	Taxom
Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884		4	Species	Taxom
Neomegamphopidae Myers, 1981		2	Species	Taxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	16	Species	Taxom
Nototanaidae Sieg, 1976		3	Species	Taxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815	Fiddler crabs	61	Species	Taxom
Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980	Odontodactylid mantis shrimps	6	Species	Taxom
Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 1865		8	Species	Taxom
Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955	Long-eyed shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Olibrinidae Vandel, 1973		5	Species	Taxom
Oniscidae Latreille, 1802	Sow Bugs	8	Species	Taxom
Oplophoridae Dana, 1852	Deepsea shrimps	10	Species	Taxom
Oxycephalidae Dana, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Oziidae Dana, 1851		7	Species	Taxom
Pagurapseudidae Lang, 1970		3	Species	Taxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802	Hermit Crabs	55	Species	Taxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815	Palaemonid Shrimps	279	Species	Taxom
Paleoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003		1	Species	Taxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898	Stilt crabs	12	Species	Taxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802	Crawfish	31	Species	Taxom
Pandalidae Haworth, 1825	Pandalid shrimp	42	Species	Taxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893	Mud crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Parabathynellidae Cho, 1996		3	Species	Taxom
Paramunnidae Vanhöffen, 1914		8	Species	Taxom
Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 1968		11	Species	Taxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882	Deepwater hermit crabs	16	Species	Taxom
Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887		3	Species	Taxom
Parasquillidae Manning, 1995		1	Species	Taxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 1879		13	Species	Taxom
Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910		3	Species	Taxom
Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838	Elbow crabs	47	Species	Taxom
Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852	Glass shrimps	9	Species	Taxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815	Penaeid shrimps	76	Species	Taxom
Periscyphicidae Ferrara, 1973		1	Species	Taxom
Petalophthalmidae Czerniavsky, 1882		1	Species	Taxom
Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857	Woodlice	82	Species	Taxom
Phliantidae Stebbing, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Photidae (Boeck, 1871)		1	Species	Taxom
Phoxocephalidae Sars, 1891		0	Species	Taxom
Phronimidae Rafinesque, 1815		1	Species	Taxom
Phrosinidae Dana, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819		67	Species	Taxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833	Commensal Crabs	19	Species	Taxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 1851		13	Species	Taxom
Planopilumnidae Serène, 1984		1	Species	Taxom
Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949	Woodlice	11	Species	Taxom
Platyscelidae Bate, 1862		5	Species	Taxom
Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Pleurocopidae Fresi & Schi..., 1972		1	Species	Taxom
Pleustidae Bucholz, 1874		2	Species	Taxom
Podoceridae Leach, 1814		5	Species	Taxom
Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874	Blind lobsters	8	Species	Taxom
Pontogeneiidae Stebbing, 1906		2	Species	Taxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 1853		4	Species	Taxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825	Porcelain crab	61	Species	Taxom
Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831	Woodlice	35	Species	Taxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815	Swimming Crab	187	Species	Taxom
Potamidae Ortmann, 1896		33	Species	Taxom
Potamonautidae Bott, 1970		71	Species	Taxom
Processidae Ortmann, 1896	Night shrimps	19	Species	Taxom
Pronoidae Dana, 1852		4	Species	Taxom
Protorchestiidae Myers & Lowry, 2020		1	Species	Taxom
Protosquillidae Manning, 1980	Protosquillid mantis shrimps	11	Species	Taxom
Psalidopodidae Wood-Mason, 1892	Scissorfoot shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Psammocarcinidae		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudocarcinidae Ng & Davie, 2020		0	Species	Taxom
Pseudocumatidae G. O. Sars, 1878		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudojaniridae Wilson, 1986		2	Species	Taxom
Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 1900		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudosquillidae Manning, 1977	Pseudosquillid mantis shrimps	11	Species	Taxom
Pseudoziidae Alcock, 1898		1	Species	Taxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 1888		6	Species	Taxom
Raninidae De Haan, 1839	Frog crabs	18	Species	Taxom
Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890	Hingebeak shrimp	12	Species	Taxom
Rhyscotidae Budde-Lund, 1908		4	Species	Taxom
Salentinellidae Bousfield, 1977		1	Species	Taxom
Santiidae Wilson, 1987		6	Species	Taxom
Scalopidiidae Stevcic, 2005		0	Species	Taxom
Schoebliidae Verhoeff, 1938		2	Species	Taxom
Scinidae Stebbing, 1888		1	Species	Taxom
Scleropactidae Verhoeff, 1938		9	Species	Taxom
Scopelocheiridae Lowry & Stod..., 1997		0	Species	Taxom
Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825	Shovel-nosed lobsters	38	Species	Taxom
Scyphacidae Dana, 1852		4	Species	Taxom
Sergestidae Dana, 1852		14	Species	Taxom
Serolidae Dana, 1852		9	Species	Taxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 1851		71	Species	Taxom
Sicyonellidae Vereshchaka, 2017		1	Species	Taxom
Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898	Rock shrimps	8	Species	Taxom
Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891	Solenocerid shrimps	23	Species	Taxom
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825		65	Species	Taxom
Sphyrapidae Gutu, 1980		1	Species	Taxom
Spongicolidae von Martens, 1872	Glass sponge shrimps	8	Species	Taxom
Squillidae Latreille, 1802	Squillid mantis shrimps	55	Species	Taxom
Stegocephalidae Dana, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Stenasellidae Dudich, 1924		8	Species	Taxom
Stenetriidae Hansen, 1905		20	Species	Taxom
Stenopodidae Risso, 1826	Coral shrimps	9	Species	Taxom
Stenothoidae Boeck, 1871		3	Species	Taxom
Strahlaxiidae Poore, 1994		3	Species	Taxom
Stylodactylidae Bate, 1888		5	Species	Taxom
Styloniscidae Vandel, 1952		6	Species	Taxom
Synopiidae Dana, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Takuidae Manning, 1995		4	Species	Taxom
Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815	Beach Hoppers	8	Species	Taxom
Tanaellidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002		1	Species	Taxom
Tanaidae Dana, 1849		7	Species	Taxom
Tanaocheleidae Ng & P. F. C..., 2000		1	Species	Taxom
Tanzanapseudidae Bacescu, 1975		3	Species	Taxom
Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004		14	Species	Taxom
Tetrasquillidae Manning & Camp, 1993	Tetrasquillid mantis shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Tetriasidae Tsang & Naruse, 2023		0	Species	Taxom
Thalassinidae Latreille, 1831	Mud lobsters	1	Species	Taxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878	Anemone shrimp	3	Species	Taxom
Trachelipodidae Strouhal, 1953		12	Species	Taxom
Trapeziidae Miers, 1886	Coral crabs	29	Species	Taxom
Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1835		2	Species	Taxom
Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899	Woodlice	3	Species	Taxom
Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005		2	Species	Taxom
Tylidae Dana, 1852		7	Species	Taxom
Typhlotanaidae (Sieg, 1986)		2	Species	Taxom
Tyrannophontidae Schram, 1984		1	Species	Taxom
Unciolidae Myers & Lowry, 2003		1	Species	Taxom
Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903	Mud shrimp	15	Species	Taxom
Uristidae Hurley, 1963		5	Species	Taxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853		21	Species	Taxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838	Mud crabs	291	Species	Taxom
Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858		0	Species	Taxom
Xiphocarididae Ortmann, 1895		1	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in East Africa

Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	331 1655 4858	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Phyllocarida Packard, 1879	1 2 5	Family 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