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Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region Tortuguero Plains (Limon, Costa Rica)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
17
19
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tortuguero Plains
17 Families width 23 Species
Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 19651SpeciesTaxom
Atyidae De Haan, 1849Atyid shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 18145SpeciesTaxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815Swimming Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Cancridae (Latreille, 1802)Edible crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838Land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Hekelidae Ferrara, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassidae (Dana, 1849)1SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838Marsh crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802Hermit Crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815Palaemonid Shrimps2SpeciesTaxom
Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893Mud crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Bopyridae Rafinesque, 18151SpeciesTaxom
Sesarmidae (Dana, 1851)1SpeciesTaxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 18921SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tortuguero Plains
19 Genera with 23 Species
Ampithoe Leach, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Atya Leach, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Caecognathia Dollfus, 19263SpeciesTaxom
Callinectes Stimpson, 18961SpeciesTaxom
Cancer Linnaeus, 1767Cancer Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Cardisoma Latreille, 1825giant land crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Gnathia Leach, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Hekelus Barnard, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Lysianassa Milne-Edwards, 18891SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1860Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Pachygrapsus Randall, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Pagurus Fabricius, 19911SpeciesTaxom
Palaemon Weber, 18712SpeciesTaxom
Panopeus H. Milne-Edw..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Paravireia Chilton, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Potimirim Holthuis, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Probopyrus Giard and Bo..., 18791SpeciesTaxom
Sesarma Say, 18531SpeciesTaxom
Uroptychus Henderson, 20081SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tortuguero Plains
23 Species
Ampithoe rosema Peart, 2007
Atya poeyi Guérin-Ménev..., 1855
Caecognathia dolichoderus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Caecognathia gnamptogenys Cohen & Poore, 1994
Caecognathia polythrix Monod, 1926
Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896American blue crab
Cancer uca (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763
Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1825Blue land crab
Gnathia camponotus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Gnathia odontomachus Cohen & Poore, 1994
Hekelus episimus Barnard, 1932
Lysianassa ceratina (Walker, 1889)⇒ Lysianassa caesarea Ruffo, 1987
Ocypode occidentalis Stimpson, 1860
Pachygrapsus gracilis Saussure, 1858Dark shore crab
Pagurus rhabdotus Haig & Harvey, 1991
Palaemon (Eupalaemon) macrobrachium
Palaemon pandaliformis Stimpson, 1871American Grass Shrimp
Panopeus rugosus A. Milne-Edw..., 1880Granulose mud crab
Paravireia pistus Jansen, 1973
Potimirim mexicana de Saussure, 1857
Probopyrus pandalicola Packard, 1879
Sesarma (Holometopus) dehaani (H. Milne Edw..., 1853)⇒ Eriocheir japonica De Haan, 1835
Uroptychus anacaena Baba & Lin, 2008

Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in Tortuguero Plains
SubclassEumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
17
19
23
Families
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