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Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region Natal (Kwazulu-Natal)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
135
301
437
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Natal
135 Families width 437 Species and 5 Subspecies
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Acanthephyridae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Acetidae Vereshchaka, 20171SpeciesTaxom
Aegidae White, 18502SpeciesTaxom
Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Alloniscidae Schmidt, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815Alpheid shrimp6SpeciesTaxom
Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 20021SpeciesTaxom
Ampeliscidae Costa, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Ancinidae Tattersall, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Anthuridae Wägele, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Aoridae Shoemaker, 19451SpeciesTaxom
Arcturidae Dana, 18495SpeciesTaxom
Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891Gamba prawns2SpeciesTaxom
Armadillidae Brandt, 183116SpeciesTaxom
Atyidae De Haan, 1849Atyid shrimps5SpeciesTaxom
Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967Bathysquillid mantis shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891Benthesicymid shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Bodotriidae T. Scott, 19018SpeciesTaxom
Bopyridae Rafinesque, 18153SpeciesTaxom
Cabiropidae Giard & Bonnier, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837Box Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Callianassidae Dana, 1852Burrowing Ghost Shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802Edible crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps3SpeciesTaxom
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852Cave Isopods4SpeciesTaxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851Land hermit crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Corallanidae Nunomura, 20062SpeciesTaxom
Corophiidae Leach, 18140SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice3SpeciesTaxom
Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 18921SpeciesTaxom
Cymonomidae Bouvier, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Cymothoidae Leach, 1818Fish Doctors6SpeciesTaxom
Desmosomatidae Brix, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Diastylidae Bate, 18564SpeciesTaxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892Left-handed hermit crabs14SpeciesTaxom
Disciadidae Rathbun, 19021SpeciesTaxom
Dogielinotidae Gurjanova, 19531SpeciesTaxom
Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838Demon-faced crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 18582SpeciesTaxom
Dromiidae De Haan, 1833Sponge crabs6SpeciesTaxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838Kelp Crabs13SpeciesTaxom
Epimeriidae Boeck, 18710SpeciesTaxom
Euryplacidae Stimpson, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Eusiridae Stebbing, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819Squat lobsters1SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923Deepsea crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884Armored shrimp2SpeciesTaxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838Angular crabs6SpeciesTaxom
Gonodactylidae Giesbrecht, 1910Gonodactylid mantis shrimps4SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Gynodiastylidae Stebbing, 19122SpeciesTaxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825Mole Crabs6SpeciesTaxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852Anemone shrimp2SpeciesTaxom
Holidoteidae Wägele, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Homolodromiidae Alcock, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Hyalidae Bulycheva, 19571SpeciesTaxom
Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 18382SpeciesTaxom
Hyssuridae Wägele, 19810SpeciesTaxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Isaeidae Dana, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Ischnomesidae Hansen, 19161SpeciesTaxom
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 18994SpeciesTaxom
Janirellidae Menzies, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Janiridae Sars, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Katianiridae Svavarsson, 19871SpeciesTaxom
Lampropidae Sars, 18784SpeciesTaxom
Leuconidae Sars, 18781SpeciesTaxom
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819Nut crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Leucothoidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ligiidae Leach, 1814Rock lice1SpeciesTaxom
Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Limnoriidae White, 1850Gribble1SpeciesTaxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819King crab1SpeciesTaxom
Luciferidae De Haan, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassidae Dana, 18495SpeciesTaxom
Lysiosquillidae Giesbrecht, 1910Lysiosquillid mantis shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Lysmatidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18516SpeciesTaxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819Spider crab7SpeciesTaxom
Matutidae De Haan, 18354SpeciesTaxom
Melitidae Bousfield, 19732SpeciesTaxom
Menippidae Ortmann, 1893Stone crabs4SpeciesTaxom
Mithracidae Balss, 19291SpeciesTaxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 20105SpeciesTaxom
Mysidae Haworth, 18254SpeciesTaxom
Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 18661SpeciesTaxom
Nebaliidae Samouelle, 18191SpeciesTaxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852Clawed Lobster2SpeciesTaxom
Nototanaidae Sieg, 19760SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs11SpeciesTaxom
Oniscidae Latreille, 1802Sow Bugs1SpeciesTaxom
Oxycephalidae Dana, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815Palaemonid Shrimps8SpeciesTaxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802Crawfish5SpeciesTaxom
Pandalidae Haworth, 1825Pandalid shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893Mud crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882Deepwater hermit crabs0SpeciesTaxom
Parathelphusidae Alcock, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838Elbow crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852Glass shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815Penaeid shrimps18SpeciesTaxom
Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857Woodlice4SpeciesTaxom
Phliantidae Stebbing, 18991SpeciesTaxom
Phronimidae Rafinesque, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Pilumnidae Samouelle, 18193SpeciesTaxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833Commensal Crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18144SpeciesTaxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825Porcelain crab3SpeciesTaxom
Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831Woodlice2SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab21SpeciesTaxom
Potamidae Ortmann, 18962SpeciesTaxom
Potamonautidae Bott, 19705SpeciesTaxom
Processidae Ortmann, 1896Night shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudojaniridae Wilson, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Pseudosquillidae Manning, 1977Pseudosquillid mantis shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Pseudothelphusidae Ortmann, 18930SpeciesTaxom
Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890Hingebeak shrimp1SpeciesTaxom
Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825Shovel-nosed lobsters5SpeciesTaxom
Sergestidae Dana, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 185113SpeciesTaxom
Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898Rock shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891Solenocerid shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 182510SpeciesTaxom
Stenetriidae Hansen, 19053SpeciesTaxom
Styloniscidae Vandel, 19521SpeciesTaxom
Tetrasquillidae Manning & Camp, 1993Tetrasquillid mantis shrimps1SpeciesTaxom
Trapeziidae Miers, 1886Coral crabs5SpeciesTaxom
Tyrannophontidae Schram, 19841SpeciesTaxom
Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903Mud shrimp2SpeciesTaxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18532SpeciesTaxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838Mud crabs25SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in Natal
SubclassEumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
134
300
436
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubclassPhyllocarida
Packard, 1879
1
1
1
Family
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