Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region Kenya (East Africa)
List of families for Kenya
135 Families width 789 Species and 15 Subspecies #ABCDEGHIJLMNOPRSTUVX
| Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Acetidae Vereshchaka, 2017 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aegidae White, 1850 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 2002 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Amphilochidae Boeck, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthuridae Wägele, 1982 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Apseudellidae Gutu, 1972 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Apseudidae Leach, 1814 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Arcturidae Dana, 1849 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Gamba prawns | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Armadillidae Brandt, 1831 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Astacidae Latreille, 1802 | Astacid crayfishes | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Atylidae Lilljeborg, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Axiidae Huxley, 1879 | Lobster shrimps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Barybrotidae Hansen, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Benthesicymid shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Bodotriidae T. Scott, 1901 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 | Burrowing Ghost Shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Callianideidae Kossmann, 1880 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942 | Cambarid crayfishes | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Caprellidae Leach, 1814 | Ghost shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 | Cave Isopods | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Corallanidae Nunomura, 2006 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Crangonidae Haworth, 1825 | Crangonid Shrimp | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 | Fish Doctors | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dexaminidae Leach, 1814 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Diastylidae Bate, 1856 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Disciadidae Rathbun, 1902 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988 | Reef lobsters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eubelidae Taiti, Ferra..., 2000 | | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 1999 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eusiridae Stebbing, 1888 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Expanathuridae Nunomura, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gammaridae Leach, 1813 | Gammarids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathiidae Leach, 1814 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gonodactylidae Giesbrecht, 1910 | Gonodactylid mantis shrimps | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 | Mole Crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalidae Bulycheva, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Isaeidae Dana, 1853 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858 | Longleg crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Leucothoidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ligiidae Leach, 1814 | Rock lice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lysianassidae Dana, 1849 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Lysmatidae Dana, 1852 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Maeridae Krapp-Schickel, 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Melitidae Bousfield, 1973 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Merguiidae Christoffersen, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mysidae Haworth, 1825 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 1866 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Nannosquillidae Manning, 1980 | Nannosquillid mantis shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nephropidae Dana, 1852 | Clawed Lobster | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980 | Odontodactylid mantis shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oplophoridae Dana, 1852 | Deepsea shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 80 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pandalidae Haworth, 1825 | Pandalid shrimp | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 | Deepwater hermit crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parasquillidae Manning, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Penaeid shrimps | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857 | Woodlice | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Podoceridae Leach, 1814 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 | Blind lobsters | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831 | Woodlice | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Processidae Ortmann, 1896 | Night shrimps | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Protosquillidae Manning, 1980 | Protosquillid mantis shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosquillidae Manning, 1977 | Pseudosquillid mantis shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890 | Hingebeak shrimp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Sergestidae Dana, 1852 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898 | Rock shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Solenocerid shrimps | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 | | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Squillidae Latreille, 1802 | Squillid mantis shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Stenasellidae Dudich, 1924 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Stenopodidae Risso, 1826 | Coral shrimps | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Strahlaxiidae Poore, 1994 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Takuidae Manning, 1995 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815 | Beach Hoppers | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Thoridae Kingsley, 1878 | Anemone shrimp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899 | Woodlice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Uristidae Hurley, 1963 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 50 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in Kenya
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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