Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region West Africa (Africa)
List of families for West Africa
218 Families width 1432 Species and 36 Subspecies #ABCDEGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVX
| Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Acidopsidae Stevcic, 2005 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Aegidae White, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858 | Mole crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Allocrangonyctidae Holsinger, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Alpheid shrimp | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 2002 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Amphionididae Holthuis, 1955 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 1965 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Anthuridae Wägele, 1982 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Apseudidae Leach, 1814 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Archaeoscinidae Stebbing, 1904 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Arcturidae Dana, 1849 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Gamba prawns | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Armadillidae Brandt, 1831 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833 | Doodle bugs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893 | Horse crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Atyidae De Haan, 1849 | Atyid shrimps | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Atylidae Lilljeborg, 1865 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Benthesicymid shrimps | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Bentheuphausiidae Colosi, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002 | Spiny sand crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Bodotriidae T. Scott, 1901 | | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Bythocarididae Christoffersen, 1987 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | Box Crab | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Callianassidae Dana, 1852 | Burrowing Ghost Shrimps | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Callichiridae Manning & Fe..., 1991 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942 | Cambarid crayfishes | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Cancridae Latreille, 1802 | Edible crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Caprellidae Leach, 1814 | Ghost shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893 | Coral crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cenomanocarcinidae Guinot & al., 2008 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Cirolanidae Dana, 1852 | Cave Isopods | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Coenobitidae Dana, 1851 | Land hermit crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Colletteidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Corallanidae Nunomura, 2006 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Corophiidae Leach, 1814 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Crangonidae Haworth, 1825 | Crangonid Shrimp | 20 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875 | Coral gall crabs | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Whale lice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymonomidae Bouvier, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 | Fish Doctors | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Cystisomatidae Willemöes-Suhm, 1875 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dendrotiidae (Vanhöffen, 1914) | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Desmocarididae Borradaile, 1915 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Desmosomatidae Brix, 2006 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Diastylidae Bate, 1856 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892 | Left-handed hermit crabs | 39 | Species | Taxom | | Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838 | Demon-faced crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dromiidae De Haan, 1833 | Sponge crabs | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Enoplometopidae de Saint Lau..., 1988 | Reef lobsters | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 | Kelp Crabs | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Eriopisidae Lowry & Myers, 2013 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Etyidae Guinot & Tav..., 2001 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Eubelidae Taiti, Ferra..., 2000 | | 40 | Species | Taxom | | Eucopiidae Sars, 1885 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 1999 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euphausiidae Milne-Edwards, 1837 | | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Euryrhynchidae Holthuis, 1950 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Eurysquillidae Manning, 1977 | Eurysquillid mantis shrimps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819 | Squat lobsters | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Gammaridae Leach, 1813 | Gammarids | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838 | Land crabs | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Geryonidae Colosi, 1923 | Deepsea crabs | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884 | Armored shrimp | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathiidae Leach, 1814 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Gnathophausiidae Udrescu, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 | Angular crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Gonodactylidae Giesbrecht, 1910 | Gonodactylid mantis shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838 | Marsh crabs | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 1908 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Haploniscidae Hansen, 1916 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hekelidae Ferrara, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hepatidae Stimpson, 1871 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hexapodidae Miers, 1886 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Hippidae Latreille, 1825 | Mole Crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Hippolytidae Dana, 1852 | Anemone shrimp | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Homolidae De Haan, 1839 | Carrier crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Hyalidae Bulycheva, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hyperiidae Dana, 1853 | Hyperiids | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Iphimediidae Boeck, 1871 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Isaeidae Dana, 1853 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Ischnomesidae Hansen, 1916 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iulopididae Zeidler, 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Janiridae Sars, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Kalliapseudidae Lang, 1956 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lampropidae Sars, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Lestrigonidae Zeidler, 2004 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leuconidae Sars, 1878 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819 | Nut crabs | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Ligiidae Leach, 1814 | Rock lice | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Limnoriidae White, 1850 | Gribble | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819 | King crab | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Luciferidae De Haan, 1849 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Lycaeidae Claus, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lysianassidae Dana, 1849 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Lysiosquillidae Giesbrecht, 1910 | Lysiosquillid mantis shrimps | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Lysmatidae Dana, 1852 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Maeridae Krapp-Schickel, 2008 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Majidae Samouelle, 1819 | Spider crab | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 2003 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Matutidae De Haan, 1835 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Megaluropidae Thomas & Bar..., 1987 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Melitidae Bousfield, 1973 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 | Stone crabs | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Merguiidae Christoffersen, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Metapseudidae Lang, 1970 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Microcerberidae Karaman, 1933 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mictosomatidae Wolff, 1965 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mimonectidae Bovallius, 1885 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mithracidae Balss, 1929 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Munnidae Sars, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Mysidae Haworth, 1825 | | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 1866 | | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Nannosquillidae Manning, 1980 | Nannosquillid mantis shrimps | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Nanocassiopidae Števčić, 2013 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nebaliidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nebaliopsididae Hessler, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Neotanaidae Lang, 1956 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Nephropidae Dana, 1852 | Clawed Lobster | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nototanaidae Sieg, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Fiddler crabs | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980 | Odontodactylid mantis shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955 | Long-eyed shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oplophoridae Dana, 1852 | Deepsea shrimps | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Oxycephalidae Dana, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Oziidae Dana, 1851 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Paguridae Latreille, 1802 | Hermit Crabs | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Palaemonid Shrimps | 57 | Species | Taxom | | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 | Stilt crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palinuridae Latreille, 1802 | Crawfish | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pandalidae Haworth, 1825 | Pandalid shrimp | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Panopeidae Ortmann, 1893 | Mud crabs | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882 | Deepwater hermit crabs | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasquillidae Manning, 1995 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Parastacidae Huxley, 1879 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838 | Elbow crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852 | Glass shrimps | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Penaeid shrimps | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857 | Woodlice | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Phoxocephalidae Sars, 1891 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phronimidae Rafinesque, 1815 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phrosinidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833 | Commensal Crabs | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Pirimelidae Alcock, 1899 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Plagusiidae Dana, 1851 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949 | Woodlice | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Platyscelidae Bate, 1862 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874 | Blind lobsters | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825 | Porcelain crab | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831 | Woodlice | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Swimming Crab | 50 | Species | Taxom | | Potamidae Ortmann, 1896 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Potamonautidae Bott, 1970 | | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Processidae Ortmann, 1896 | Night shrimps | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Protorchestiidae Myers & Lowry, 2020 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Protosquillidae Manning, 1980 | Protosquillid mantis shrimps | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocumatidae G. O. Sars, 1878 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudosquillidae Manning, 1977 | Pseudosquillid mantis shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudotanaidae Sieg, 1976 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Raninidae De Haan, 1839 | Frog crabs | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Retroplumidae Gill, 1894 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890 | Hingebeak shrimp | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhyscotidae Budde-Lund, 1908 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scinidae Stebbing, 1888 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825 | Shovel-nosed lobsters | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Sergestidae Dana, 1852 | | 42 | Species | Taxom | | Serolidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Sesarmidae Dana, 1851 | | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898 | Rock shrimps | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891 | Solenocerid shrimps | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Sphyrapidae Gutu, 1980 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Spongicolidae von Martens, 1872 | Glass sponge shrimps | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Squillidae Latreille, 1802 | Squillid mantis shrimps | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Stenasellidae Dudich, 1924 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Synopiidae Dana, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815 | Beach Hoppers | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tanaidae Dana, 1849 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Tetrasquillidae Manning & Camp, 1993 | Tetrasquillid mantis shrimps | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thalassinidae Latreille, 1831 | Mud lobsters | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Thiidae Dana, 1852 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Thoridae Kingsley, 1878 | Anemone shrimp | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Trachelipodidae Strouhal, 1953 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 | Coral crabs | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1835 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899 | Woodlice | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903 | Mud shrimp | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Urothoidae Bousfield, 1978 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Vibiliidae Dana, 1852 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838 | Mud crabs | 36 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in West Africa
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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