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Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region Great Britain (United Kingdom)


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		317
1057
2171		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for Great Britain
316 Families width 2171 Species and 17 Subspecies
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Acanthephyridae Dana, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Acanthogammaridae Garjajeff, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Acanthotelsonidae1SpeciesTaxom
Acidopsidae Stevcic, 20051SpeciesTaxom
Aegidae White, 185013SpeciesTaxom
Agathotanaidae Lang, 197111SpeciesTaxom
Akanthophoreidae Sieg, 19862SpeciesTaxom
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858Mole crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Alloniscidae Schmidt, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp27SpeciesTaxom
Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 20022SpeciesTaxom
Ampeliscidae Costa, 185722SpeciesTaxom
Amphilochidae Boeck, 187111SpeciesTaxom
Amphisopodidae Nicholls, 19432SpeciesTaxom
Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 196510SpeciesTaxom
Anarthruridae Lang, 19713SpeciesTaxom
Anaspididae (Thomson, 1893)Tasmanian anaspid crustaceans2SpeciesTaxom
Ancinidae Tattersall, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Antarcturidae Kussakin & V..., 19982SpeciesTaxom
Anthracophausiidae Brooks, 19620SpeciesTaxom
Anthuridae Wägele, 19825SpeciesTaxom
Aoridae Shoemaker, 194529SpeciesTaxom
Apseudidae Leach, 181414SpeciesTaxom
Aratidecthidae Schram, 19790SpeciesTaxom
Archaeoniscidae Haack, 19182SpeciesTaxom
Arcitalitridae Myers & Lowry, 20204SpeciesTaxom
Arcturidae Dana, 18497SpeciesTaxom
Argissidae Walker, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891Gamba prawns2SpeciesTaxom
Aristiidae Lowry & Stod..., 19972SpeciesTaxom
Armadillidae Brandt, 183112SpeciesTaxom
Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833Doodle bugs9SpeciesTaxom
Asellidae Latreille, 1802Freshwater Isopods24SpeciesTaxom
Astacidae Latreille, 1802Astacid crayfishes10SpeciesTaxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893Horse crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Atyidae De Haan, 1849Atyid shrimps9SpeciesTaxom
Atylidae Lilljeborg, 18657SpeciesTaxom
Axiidae Huxley, 1879Lobster shrimps10SpeciesTaxom
Basinotopidae Karasawa, Sc..., 20111SpeciesTaxom
Bathynellidae Pennak & Ward, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Belliidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Belotelsonidae Schram, 19740SpeciesTaxom
Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891Benthesicymid shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Bodotriidae T. Scott, 190116SpeciesTaxom
Bopyridae Rafinesque, 181517SpeciesTaxom
Bucculentidae Schweitzer &..., 20091SpeciesTaxom
Buddelundiellidae (G. O. Sars, 1899)1SpeciesTaxom
Bythocarididae Christoffersen, 19873SpeciesTaxom
Cabiropidae Giard & Bonnier, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab6SpeciesTaxom
Callianassidae Dana, 1852Burrowing Ghost Shrimps15SpeciesTaxom
Calliopiidae G. O. Sars, 189510SpeciesTaxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942Cambarid crayfishes69SpeciesTaxom
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs12SpeciesTaxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps20SpeciesTaxom
Caryocarididae Racheboeuf, ..., 20002SpeciesTaxom
Ceinidae J. L. Barnard, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Cenomanocarcinidae Guinot & al., 20082SpeciesTaxom
Ceratiocarididae Salter, 18602SpeciesTaxom
Chaetiliidae Dana, 18496SpeciesTaxom
Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 19643SpeciesTaxom
Cheiragonidae Ortmann, 1893Helmet crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Cheluridae Allman, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 18926SpeciesTaxom
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852Cave Isopods22SpeciesTaxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Coleiidae Van Straelen, 19242SpeciesTaxom
Colletteidae Larsen & Wilson, 20026SpeciesTaxom
Colomastigidae Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Corallanidae Nunomura, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Corophiidae Leach, 181420SpeciesTaxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 18193SpeciesTaxom
Crangonidae Haworth, 1825Crangonid Shrimp24SpeciesTaxom
Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973Gammarid amphipods18SpeciesTaxom
Cressidae Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 18802SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice5SpeciesTaxom
Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Cylisticidae Verhoeff, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Cymonomidae Bouvier, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoidae Leach, 1818Fish Doctors9SpeciesTaxom
Cyphocarididae Lowry & Stod..., 19971SpeciesTaxom
Cyproideidae J. L. Barnard, 19743SpeciesTaxom
Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Dakoticancridae Rathbun, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Desmosomatidae Brix, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 18146SpeciesTaxom
Diastylidae Bate, 185619SpeciesTaxom
Diaulacidae Wright & Col..., 19721SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs20SpeciesTaxom
Dogielinotidae Gurjanova, 19530SpeciesTaxom
Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838Demon-faced crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Dromiidae De Haan, 1833Sponge crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Dubioniscidae Vandel, 19532SpeciesTaxom
Dynomenidae Ortmann, 18924SpeciesTaxom
Entoniscidae Kossmann, 18813SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs11SpeciesTaxom
Epimeriidae Boeck, 18714SpeciesTaxom
Erymidae Van Straelen, 192410SpeciesTaxom
Eryonidae De Haan, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Etyidae Guinot & Tav..., 20012SpeciesTaxom
Etyiidae (Guinot & Tav..., 2001)1SpeciesTaxom
Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Euphausiidae Milne-Edwards, 183712SpeciesTaxom
Eusiridae Stebbing, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Exoedicerotidae Barnard & Dr..., 19821SpeciesTaxom
Feldmanniidae Schweitzer &..., 20121SpeciesTaxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819Squat lobsters8SpeciesTaxom
Galenidae Alcock, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Gammarellidae Bousfield, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Gammaridae Leach, 1813Gammarids40SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923Deepsea crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Glaessneropsidae Patrulius, 19594SpeciesTaxom
Glypheidae Zittel, 188513SpeciesTaxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 181418SpeciesTaxom
Gnathophausiidae Udrescu, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838Angular crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Goniocypodidae1SpeciesTaxom
Goniodromitidae Beurlen, 19322SpeciesTaxom
Gonodactylidae Giesbrecht, 1910Gonodactylid mantis shrimps3SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Gynodiastylidae Stebbing, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 19082SpeciesTaxom
Haploniscidae Hansen, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Haustoriidae Stebbing, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Heloeciidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18521SpeciesTaxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852Anemone shrimp24SpeciesTaxom
Holognathidae G. Thomson, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Homolidae De Haan, 1839Carrier crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Homolodromiidae Alcock, 18990SpeciesTaxom
Hyalellidae Gurjanova, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Hyalidae Bulycheva, 19578SpeciesTaxom
Hymenocarididae Haeckel, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 183813SpeciesTaxom
Hyperiidae Dana, 1853Hyperiids5SpeciesTaxom
Hypothalassiidae Karasawa & S..., 2006Champagne crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Idoteidae Samouelle, 181919SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 183819SpeciesTaxom
Inachoididae Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Iphimediidae Boeck, 18719SpeciesTaxom
Isaeidae Dana, 185318SpeciesTaxom
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 189922SpeciesTaxom
Janiridae Sars, 189712SpeciesTaxom
Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Julmarichardiidae Moralés-Núñe..., 20211SpeciesTaxom
Kalliapseudidae Lang, 19562SpeciesTaxom
Koonungidae Sayce, 19080SpeciesTaxom
Lafystiidae Krøyer, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Lampropidae Sars, 18784SpeciesTaxom
Laomediidae Borradaile, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Leptanthuridae Poore, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Leptocheliidae Lang, 197312SpeciesTaxom
Leptognathiidae Sieg, 19766SpeciesTaxom
Lestrigonidae Zeidler, 20040SpeciesTaxom
Leuconidae Sars, 18788SpeciesTaxom
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819Nut crabs14SpeciesTaxom
Leucothoidae Dana, 18527SpeciesTaxom
Ligiidae Leach, 1814Rock lice6SpeciesTaxom
Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Limnoriidae White, 1850Gribble5SpeciesTaxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab5SpeciesTaxom
Lomisidae Bouvier, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Longodromitidae Schweitzer &..., 20097SpeciesTaxom
Longusorbiidae Karasawa, Sc..., 20081SpeciesTaxom
Lophogastridae Sars, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Luciferidae De Haan, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassidae Dana, 184934SpeciesTaxom
Lysiosquillidae Giesbrecht, 1910Lysiosquillid mantis shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Lysmatidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18518SpeciesTaxom
Macropipidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Maeridae Krapp-Schickel, 20084SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab20SpeciesTaxom
Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 20033SpeciesTaxom
Matutidae De Haan, 18352SpeciesTaxom
Mecochiridae Van Straelen, 19247SpeciesTaxom
Megaluropidae Thomas & Bar..., 19871SpeciesTaxom
Melitidae Bousfield, 197317SpeciesTaxom
Melphidippidae Stebbing, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Menippidae Ortmann, 1893Stone crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Metapseudidae Lang, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Microniscidae0SpeciesTaxom
Microparasellidae Karaman, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Micruropodidae Kamaltynov, 19991SpeciesTaxom
Mictyridae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Mithracidae Balss, 19293SpeciesTaxom
Mithracitidae Stevcic, 20052SpeciesTaxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 201013SpeciesTaxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 18742SpeciesTaxom
Munnidae Sars, 18977SpeciesTaxom
Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 18647SpeciesTaxom
Mysidae Haworth, 182547SpeciesTaxom
Najnidae Barnard, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 186621SpeciesTaxom
Nannoniscidae Hansen, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Nannosquillidae Manning, 1980Nannosquillid mantis shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Nebaliidae Samouelle, 18197SpeciesTaxom
Necrocarcinidae Föster, 19684SpeciesTaxom
Nematocarcinidae Smith, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Neoniphargidae Bousfield, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Neotanaidae Lang, 19564SpeciesTaxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster16SpeciesTaxom
Niphargidae Bousfield, 19776SpeciesTaxom
Nototanaidae Sieg, 197617SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs12SpeciesTaxom
Odiidae Coleman & Ba..., 19911SpeciesTaxom
Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980Odontodactylid mantis shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 186521SpeciesTaxom
Oniscidae Latreille, 1802Sow Bugs2SpeciesTaxom
Opisidae Lowry & Stod..., 19954SpeciesTaxom
Oregoniidae Garth, 19584SpeciesTaxom
Orithopsidae Schweitzer, ..., 20031SpeciesTaxom
Orithyiidae Dana, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Oziidae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs36SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815Palaemonid Shrimps53SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802Crawfish10SpeciesTaxom
Pandalidae Haworth, 1825Pandalid shrimp14SpeciesTaxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893Mud crabs6SpeciesTaxom
Paracalliopiidae Barnard & Ka..., 19824SpeciesTaxom
Paracrangonyctidae Bousfield, 19832SpeciesTaxom
Paramelitidae Bousfield, 19772SpeciesTaxom
Paramunnidae Vanhöffen, 19145SpeciesTaxom
Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882Deepwater hermit crabs6SpeciesTaxom
Parapseudidae Gutu, 19812SpeciesTaxom
Parascelidae Bovallius, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 187922SpeciesTaxom
Paratanaidae Lang, 19493SpeciesTaxom
Parathelphusidae Alcock, 19104SpeciesTaxom
Pardaliscidae Boeck, 18714SpeciesTaxom
Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838Elbow crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852Glass shrimps4SpeciesTaxom
Pemphicidae Van Straelen, 19280SpeciesTaxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815Penaeid shrimps21SpeciesTaxom
Perthiidae Williams & J..., 19881SpeciesTaxom
Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857Woodlice10SpeciesTaxom
Phliantidae Stebbing, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Phoxocephalidae Sars, 189115SpeciesTaxom
Phreatogammaridae Bousfield, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Phreatoicidae Chilton, 18912SpeciesTaxom
Phronimidae Rafinesque, 18152SpeciesTaxom
Pilumnidae Samouelle, 181911SpeciesTaxom
Pilumnoididae Guinot & Mac..., 19872SpeciesTaxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833Commensal Crabs7SpeciesTaxom
Pirimelidae Alcock, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Plakarthriidae Hansen, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949Woodlice4SpeciesTaxom
Platyischnopidae Barnard & Dr..., 19791SpeciesTaxom
Pleustidae Bucholz, 18748SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 181410SpeciesTaxom
Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874Blind lobsters2SpeciesTaxom
Pontogeneiidae Stebbing, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Pontoporeiidae Dana, 18539SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825Porcelain crab11SpeciesTaxom
Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831Woodlice9SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab67SpeciesTaxom
Potamidae Ortmann, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Processidae Ortmann, 1896Night shrimps8SpeciesTaxom
Prosopidae von Meyer, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Pseudidotheidae Ohlin, 19011SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocumatidae G. O. Sars, 18785SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosquillidae Manning, 1977Pseudosquillid mantis shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudotanaidae Sieg, 197614SpeciesTaxom
Pygocephalidae Brooks, 19622SpeciesTaxom
Raninidae De Haan, 1839Frog crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890Hingebeak shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Salentinellidae Bousfield, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Santiidae Wilson, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Scopelocheiridae Lowry & Stod..., 19971SpeciesTaxom
Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825Shovel-nosed lobsters7SpeciesTaxom
Scyphacidae Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Sergestidae Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Serolidae Dana, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 185118SpeciesTaxom
Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898Rock shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891Solenocerid shrimps7SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 182536SpeciesTaxom
Sphyrapidae Gutu, 19804SpeciesTaxom
Squillidae Latreille, 1802Squillid mantis shrimps10SpeciesTaxom
Stegocephalidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Stenochiridae1SpeciesTaxom
Stenothoidae Boeck, 187122SpeciesTaxom
Sternostylidae Baba Ahyong ..., 20181SpeciesTaxom
Strahlaxiidae Poore, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Stylodactylidae Bate, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Styloniscidae Vandel, 19527SpeciesTaxom
Synopiidae Dana, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815Beach Hoppers26SpeciesTaxom
Tanaellidae Larsen & Wilson, 20025SpeciesTaxom
Tanaidae Dana, 18496SpeciesTaxom
Tanaissuidae Bird & Larsen, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Tetrasquillidae Manning & Camp, 1993Tetrasquillid mantis shrimps3SpeciesTaxom
Thiidae Dana, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878Anemone shrimp14SpeciesTaxom
Torynommatidae1SpeciesTaxom
Trachelipodidae Strouhal, 19533SpeciesTaxom
Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899Woodlice20SpeciesTaxom
Tumidocarcinidae Schweitzer, 20055SpeciesTaxom
Typhlotanaidae (Sieg, 1986)1SpeciesTaxom
Tyrannophontidae Schram, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903Mud shrimp5SpeciesTaxom
Uristidae Hurley, 196312SpeciesTaxom
Urothoidae Bousfield, 19787SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 185321SpeciesTaxom
Venipaguridae Collins, 20111SpeciesTaxom
Vibiliidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Waterstonellidae Schram, 19791SpeciesTaxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838Mud crabs28SpeciesTaxom
Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Zanthopsidae Vía, 19599SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in Great Britain
SubclassEumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
310
1041
2146		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

SubclassPhyllocarida
Packard, 1879
5
8
17		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom

OrderWaterstonellidea
Schram, 1981
1
1
1		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilyGoniocypodidae
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