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

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

Class

Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans

286
1345
4857

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

List of families for Fossils
283 Families width 4857 Species and 7 Subspecies

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Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852		11	Species	Taxom
Acanthotelsonidae		2	Species	Taxom
Acetidae Vereshchaka, 2017		1	Species	Taxom
Aegeridae Burkenroad, 1963		10	Species	Taxom
Aeglidae Dana, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Aenigmacarididae Schram & Horner, 1978		2	Species	Taxom
Aethridae Dana, 1851		36	Species	Taxom
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858	Mole crabs	13	Species	Taxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 1989		1	Species	Taxom
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815	Alpheid shrimp	61	Species	Taxom
Alvinocarididae Christoffersen, 1986		2	Species	Taxom
Amphisopodidae Nicholls, 1943		2	Species	Taxom
Anaspididae (Thomson, 1893)	Tasmanian anaspid crustaceans	1	Species	Taxom
Anthracocarididae Schram, 1979		2	Species	Taxom
Anthracophausiidae Brooks, 1962		2	Species	Taxom
Anthuridae Wägele, 1982		1	Species	Taxom
Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945		2	Species	Taxom
Archaeoniscidae Haack, 1918		2	Species	Taxom
Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Gamba prawns	6	Species	Taxom
Armadillidae Brandt, 1831		2	Species	Taxom
Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833	Doodle bugs	1	Species	Taxom
Asellidae Latreille, 1802	Freshwater Isopods	1	Species	Taxom
Astacidae Latreille, 1802	Astacid crayfishes	10	Species	Taxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893	Horse crabs	17	Species	Taxom
Atyidae De Haan, 1849	Atyid shrimps	0	Species	Taxom
Australomicroprotopidae Myers, Lowry..., 2016		1	Species	Taxom
Axiidae Huxley, 1879	Lobster shrimps	39	Species	Taxom
Basinotopidae Karasawa, Sc..., 2011		5	Species	Taxom
Belotelsonidae Schram, 1974		3	Species	Taxom
Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Benthesicymid shrimps	10	Species	Taxom
Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002	Spiny sand crabs	5	Species	Taxom
Bodotriidae T. Scott, 1901		1	Species	Taxom
Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815		1	Species	Taxom
Bresiliidae Calman, 1896		3	Species	Taxom
Bucculentidae Schweitzer &..., 2009		3	Species	Taxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837	Box Crab	88	Species	Taxom
Callianassidae Dana, 1852	Burrowing Ghost Shrimps	287	Species	Taxom
Callianideidae Kossmann, 1880		1	Species	Taxom
Camarocarcinidae Feldmann & al., 2007		4	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	3	Species	Taxom
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858		1	Species	Taxom
Canadasipididae Novožilov, 1960		2	Species	Taxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802	Edible crabs	109	Species	Taxom
Cancrinidae Beurlen, 1930		3	Species	Taxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814	Ghost shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Carcineretidae Beurlen, 1930		6	Species	Taxom
Carcinidae (MacLeay, 1838)	Swimming crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Carinocarcinoididae		4	Species	Taxom
Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893	Coral crabs	41	Species	Taxom
Carpopenaeidae Garassino, 1994		3	Species	Taxom
Caryocarididae Racheboeuf, ..., 2000		1	Species	Taxom
Cenomanocarcinidae Guinot & al., 2008		16	Species	Taxom
Ceratiocarididae Salter, 1860		3	Species	Taxom
Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964		12	Species	Taxom
Cheiragonidae Ortmann, 1893	Helmet crabs	13	Species	Taxom
Chilenophoberidae Tshudy & Bab..., 1997		2	Species	Taxom
Chimaerastacidae Amati, Feldm..., 2004		1	Species	Taxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892		32	Species	Taxom
Chlorotocellidae Komai, Chan ..., 2019		2	Species	Taxom
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852	Cave Isopods	5	Species	Taxom
Clytiopsidae Beurlen, 1927		1	Species	Taxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851	Land hermit crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Coleiidae Van Straelen, 1924		28	Species	Taxom
Componocancridae Feldmann & S..., 2008		1	Species	Taxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 1819		8	Species	Taxom
Crangonidae Haworth, 1825	Crangonid Shrimp	18	Species	Taxom
Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973	Gammarid amphipods	1	Species	Taxom
Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892		12	Species	Taxom
Cymonomidae Bouvier, 1897		4	Species	Taxom
Cymothoidae Leach, 1818	Fish Doctors	1	Species	Taxom
Dairidae Ng & Rodriguez, 1986		9	Species	Taxom
Dakoticancridae Rathbun, 1917		9	Species	Taxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 1814		2	Species	Taxom
Diaulacidae Wright & Col..., 1972		6	Species	Taxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892	Left-handed hermit crabs	91	Species	Taxom
Disciadidae Rathbun, 1902		1	Species	Taxom
Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893		3	Species	Taxom
Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838	Demon-faced crabs	31	Species	Taxom
Dromiidae De Haan, 1833	Sponge crabs	82	Species	Taxom
Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892		31	Species	Taxom
Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988	Reef lobsters	1	Species	Taxom
Eocarcinidae Withers, 1932		1	Species	Taxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838	Kelp Crabs	33	Species	Taxom
Erymidae Van Straelen, 1924		142	Species	Taxom
Eryonidae De Haan, 1841		23	Species	Taxom
Eucopiidae Sars, 1885		2	Species	Taxom
Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 1900		2	Species	Taxom
Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871		13	Species	Taxom
Feldmanniidae Schweitzer &..., 2012		1	Species	Taxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819	Squat lobsters	103	Species	Taxom
Galenidae Alcock, 1898		6	Species	Taxom
Gammaridae Leach, 1813	Gammarids	4	Species	Taxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838	Land crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923	Deepsea crabs	13	Species	Taxom
Glaessneropsidae Patrulius, 1959		19	Species	Taxom
Glypheidae Zittel, 1885		95	Species	Taxom
Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884	Armored shrimp	2	Species	Taxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 1814		5	Species	Taxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838	Angular crabs	46	Species	Taxom
Goniocypodidae		1	Species	Taxom
Goniodromitidae Beurlen, 1932		68	Species	Taxom
Gorgonophontidae Schram, 2007		1	Species	Taxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838	Marsh crabs	8	Species	Taxom
Hapalogastridae Brandt, 1850		1	Species	Taxom
Haustoriidae Stebbing, 1906		1	Species	Taxom
Hepatidae Stimpson, 1871		14	Species	Taxom
Hexapodidae Miers, 1886		21	Species	Taxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825	Mole Crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852	Anemone shrimp	20	Species	Taxom
Holognathidae G. Thomson, 1904		1	Species	Taxom
Homolidae De Haan, 1839	Carrier crabs	73	Species	Taxom
Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899		16	Species	Taxom
Hymenocarididae Haeckel, 1896		2	Species	Taxom
Hypothalassiidae Karasawa & S..., 2006	Champagne crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Ibericancridae Artal & Guin..., 2008		1	Species	Taxom
Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819		2	Species	Taxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 1838		27	Species	Taxom
Inachoididae Dana, 1851		4	Species	Taxom
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Janiridae Sars, 1897		1	Species	Taxom
Jerometichenoriidae Schram, 1978		1	Species	Taxom
Jurapseudidae Schram, Sieg..., 1986		1	Species	Taxom
Kallidecthidae Schram, 1969		0	Species	Taxom
Konidromitidae		5	Species	Taxom
Laomediidae Borradaile, 1903		7	Species	Taxom
Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858	Longleg crabs	5	Species	Taxom
Lecythocaridae Schweitzer &..., 2009		4	Species	Taxom
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819	Nut crabs	176	Species	Taxom
Leucothoidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Ligiidae Leach, 1814	Rock lice	2	Species	Taxom
Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Lipkiidae Burukovsky, 2012		1	Species	Taxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819	King crab	7	Species	Taxom
Lithodidea Stimpson, 1862		1	Species	Taxom
Lithophylacidae Straelen, 1936		1	Species	Taxom
Litocheiridae ?tev?i?, 2005		6	Species	Taxom
Litogastroidae (Karasawa, Sc..., 2013)		3	Species	Taxom
Lomisidae Bouvier, 1895		1	Species	Taxom
Longodromitidae Schweitzer &..., 2009		43	Species	Taxom
Longusorbiidae Karasawa, Sc..., 2008		5	Species	Taxom
Lophogastridae Sars, 1870		1	Species	Taxom
Luciferidae De Haan, 1849		2	Species	Taxom
Lysianassidae Dana, 1849		4	Species	Taxom
Macrocheiridae Dana, 1851		4	Species	Taxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851		13	Species	Taxom
Macropipidae Rafinesque, 1815	Swimming crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819	Spider crab	115	Species	Taxom
Marocarcinidae Guinot, De A..., 2008		1	Species	Taxom
Martinocarcinidae		1	Species	Taxom
Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 2003		34	Species	Taxom
Matutidae De Haan, 1835		7	Species	Taxom
Mecochiridae Van Straelen, 1924		51	Species	Taxom
Menippidae Ortmann, 1893	Stone crabs	16	Species	Taxom
Micheleidae Sakai, 1992		3	Species	Taxom
Mithracidae Balss, 1929		17	Species	Taxom
Mithracitidae Stevcic, 2005		2	Species	Taxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010		31	Species	Taxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874		40	Species	Taxom
Mysidae Haworth, 1825		2	Species	Taxom
Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 1866		2	Species	Taxom
Necrocarcinidae Föster, 1968		46	Species	Taxom
Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884		3	Species	Taxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	159	Species	Taxom
Niphargidae Bousfield, 1977		2	Species	Taxom
Nodoprosopidae Schweitzer &..., 2009		8	Species	Taxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815	Fiddler crabs	28	Species	Taxom
Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 1865		1	Species	Taxom
Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955	Long-eyed shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Ohiocarididae Rolfe, 1962		1	Species	Taxom
Oniscidae Latreille, 1802	Sow Bugs	2	Species	Taxom
Oplophoridae Dana, 1852	Deepsea shrimps	9	Species	Taxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 1958		29	Species	Taxom
Orithopsidae Schweitzer, ..., 2003		10	Species	Taxom
Orithyiidae Dana, 1853		1	Species	Taxom
Oziidae Dana, 1851		1	Species	Taxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802	Hermit Crabs	87	Species	Taxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815	Palaemonid Shrimps	72	Species	Taxom
Palaeocarididae Meek & Worthen, 1865		2	Species	Taxom
Palaeocorystidae Lorenthey & ..., 1929		10	Species	Taxom
Palaeopemphidae Feldmann, Ga..., 2004		3	Species	Taxom
Palaeopentachelidae		2	Species	Taxom
Palaeophreatoicidae Birshtein, 1962		2	Species	Taxom
Palaeoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003		2	Species	Taxom
Paleoxanthopsidae Schweitzer, 2003		11	Species	Taxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898	Stilt crabs	6	Species	Taxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802	Crawfish	68	Species	Taxom
Pallaseidae Tachteew, 2000		0	Species	Taxom
Pandalidae Haworth, 1825	Pandalid shrimp	13	Species	Taxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893	Mud crabs	79	Species	Taxom
Parabathynellidae Cho, 1996		1	Species	Taxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882	Deepwater hermit crabs	13	Species	Taxom
Parapylochelidae Fraaije, Klo..., 2012		1	Species	Taxom
Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887		1	Species	Taxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 1879		6	Species	Taxom
Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838	Elbow crabs	55	Species	Taxom
Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852	Glass shrimps	13	Species	Taxom
Peachocarididae Schram, 1986		0	Species	Taxom
Pemphicidae Van Straelen, 1928		8	Species	Taxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815	Penaeid shrimps	58	Species	Taxom
Pephricarididae Van Straelen, 1933		1	Species	Taxom
Perspicarididae Briggs, 1978		5	Species	Taxom
Petalidiumidae Vereshchaka, 2017		1	Species	Taxom
Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857	Woodlice	3	Species	Taxom
Phoxocephalidae Sars, 1891		1	Species	Taxom
Physetocarididae Chace, 1940		1	Species	Taxom
Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819		64	Species	Taxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833	Commensal Crabs	21	Species	Taxom
Pirimelidae Alcock, 1899		5	Species	Taxom
Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949	Woodlice	2	Species	Taxom
Platychelidae Glaessner, 1969		4	Species	Taxom
Platykottidae Chablais, Fe..., 2011		1	Species	Taxom
Pleopteryxidae Schweigert &..., 2006		1	Species	Taxom
Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874	Blind lobsters	14	Species	Taxom
Pontogammaridae Bousfield, 1977		0	Species	Taxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825	Porcelain crab	38	Species	Taxom
Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831	Woodlice	3	Species	Taxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815	Swimming Crab	273	Species	Taxom
Potamidae Ortmann, 1896		9	Species	Taxom
Potamonautidae Bott, 1970		3	Species	Taxom
Poupiniidae Guinot, 1991		2	Species	Taxom
Priscinachidae		1	Species	Taxom
Processidae Ortmann, 1896	Night shrimps	5	Species	Taxom
Prosopidae von Meyer, 1860		28	Species	Taxom
Protastacidae Albrecht, 1983		1	Species	Taxom
Psammocarcinidae		2	Species	Taxom
Pseudarmadillidae Vandel, 1973		2	Species	Taxom
Pseudocarcinidae Ng & Davie, 2020		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudorhombilidae Alcock, 1900		5	Species	Taxom
Pseudoziidae Alcock, 1898		11	Species	Taxom
Pylochelidae Bate, 1888		2	Species	Taxom
Raninidae De Haan, 1839	Frog crabs	230	Species	Taxom
Retroplumidae Gill, 1894		28	Species	Taxom
Retrorsichelidae Feldmann, Ts..., 1993		1	Species	Taxom
Rhabdouraeidae Schram & Mal..., 1984		1	Species	Taxom
Rhinocarididae Hall & Clarke, 1888		2	Species	Taxom
Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890	Hingebeak shrimp	5	Species	Taxom
Sairocarididae Schram, 1973		3	Species	Taxom
Schobertellidae		3	Species	Taxom
Sculdidae Dames, 1886		2	Species	Taxom
Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825	Shovel-nosed lobsters	47	Species	Taxom
Sergestidae Dana, 1852		13	Species	Taxom
Serolidae Dana, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 1851		4	Species	Taxom
Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898	Rock shrimps	3	Species	Taxom
Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891	Solenocerid shrimps	6	Species	Taxom
Spelaeogriphidae Gordon, 1957		1	Species	Taxom
Sphaerodromiidae Guinot & Tav..., 2003		1	Species	Taxom
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825		3	Species	Taxom
Spongicolidae von Martens, 1872	Glass sponge shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Squillidae Latreille, 1802	Squillid mantis shrimps	5	Species	Taxom
Stenochiridae		15	Species	Taxom
Stenopodidae Risso, 1826	Coral shrimps	3	Species	Taxom
Stenothoidae Boeck, 1871		1	Species	Taxom
Strahlaxiidae Poore, 1994		2	Species	Taxom
Stylodactylidae Bate, 1888		1	Species	Taxom
Tanaidae Dana, 1849		1	Species	Taxom
Tanidromitidae Schweitzer &..., 2007		15	Species	Taxom
Tealliocarididae Brooks, 1962		2	Species	Taxom
Tetrachelidae BemIen, 1930		1	Species	Taxom
Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004		3	Species	Taxom
Thalassinidae Latreille, 1831	Mud lobsters	5	Species	Taxom
Thiidae Dana, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878	Anemone shrimp	4	Species	Taxom
Tithonohomolidae		4	Species	Taxom
Trapeziidae Miers, 1886	Coral crabs	13	Species	Taxom
Tricarinidae Feldmann & al., 2007		1	Species	Taxom
Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1835		1	Species	Taxom
Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899	Woodlice	4	Species	Taxom
Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 2005		54	Species	Taxom
Tychidae (Dana, 1851)	Urn crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Tylocarididae Taylor, Shen..., 1998		2	Species	Taxom
Tyrannophontidae Schram, 1984		1	Species	Taxom
Udorellidae		1	Species	Taxom
Uncinidae Beurlen, 1928		5	Species	Taxom
Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903	Mud shrimp	35	Species	Taxom
Urdidae Kunth, 1870		1	Species	Taxom
Uronectidae Cockerell, 1916		2	Species	Taxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853		25	Species	Taxom
Venipaguridae Collins, 2011		1	Species	Taxom
Waterstonellidae Schram, 1979		1	Species	Taxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838	Mud crabs	161	Species	Taxom
Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858		1	Species	Taxom
Zanthopsidae Vía, 1959		51	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in Fossils

Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	271 1315 4752	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Phyllocarida Packard, 1879	13 23 98	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Waterstonellidea Schram, 1981	1 1 1	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Goniocypodidae	1 1	Genus 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