Species list, Checklist of Class Malacostraca (Higher Crustaceans) for West Australia (Australia)

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Checklist for Class Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 (Higher Crustaceans)
and region West Australia (Australia)

Class

Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans

288
1145
2299

Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

List of families for West Australia
288 Families width 2299 Species and 21 Subspecies

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Acanthaspidiidae Just, 2001		1	Species	Taxom
Acanthephyridae Dana, 1852		3	Species	Taxom
Acetidae Vereshchaka, 2017		1	Species	Taxom
Actaeciidae Vandel, 1952		1	Species	Taxom
Aegidae White, 1850		4	Species	Taxom
Aeglidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Aethridae Dana, 1851		0	Species	Taxom
Agathotanaidae Lang, 1971		1	Species	Taxom
Akanthophoreidae Sieg, 1986		0	Species	Taxom
Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858	Mole crabs	6	Species	Taxom
Alloniscidae Schmidt, 2003		2	Species	Taxom
Alpheidae Rafinesque, 1815	Alpheid shrimp	81	Species	Taxom
Amaryllididae Lowry & Stod..., 2002		6	Species	Taxom
Ampeliscidae Costa, 1857		4	Species	Taxom
Amphilochidae Boeck, 1871		0	Species	Taxom
Amphisopodidae Nicholls, 1943		10	Species	Taxom
Ampithoidae J. L. Barnard, 1965		49	Species	Taxom
Anarthruridae Lang, 1971		0	Species	Taxom
Antarcturidae Kussakin & V..., 1998		0	Species	Taxom
Antheluridae Kensley & Sc..., 2000		1	Species	Taxom
Anthuridae Wägele, 1982		19	Species	Taxom
Aoridae Shoemaker, 1945		16	Species	Taxom
Apseudidae Leach, 1814		0	Species	Taxom
Arcitalitridae Myers & Lowry, 2020		2	Species	Taxom
Arcturidae Dana, 1849		7	Species	Taxom
Aristeidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Gamba prawns	6	Species	Taxom
Armadillidae Brandt, 1831		35	Species	Taxom
Armadillidiidae Brandt, 1833	Doodle bugs	1	Species	Taxom
Asellidae Latreille, 1802	Freshwater Isopods	1	Species	Taxom
Atelecyclidae Ortmann, 1893	Horse crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Atyidae De Haan, 1849	Atyid shrimps	6	Species	Taxom
Atylidae Lilljeborg, 1865		1	Species	Taxom
Austrarcturellidae Poore & Bard..., 1992		3	Species	Taxom
Axiidae Huxley, 1879	Lobster shrimps	8	Species	Taxom
Bathysquillidae Manning, 1967	Bathysquillid mantis shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Bathytropidae Vandel, 1952		1	Species	Taxom
Benthesicymidae Wood-Mason, 1891	Benthesicymid shrimps	4	Species	Taxom
Bodotriidae T. Scott, 1901		32	Species	Taxom
Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815		5	Species	Taxom
Calappidae Milne-Edwards, 1837	Box Crab	12	Species	Taxom
Callianassidae Dana, 1852	Burrowing Ghost Shrimps	3	Species	Taxom
Cambaridae Hobbs, 1942	Cambarid crayfishes	0	Species	Taxom
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858		2	Species	Taxom
Campylonotidae Sollaud, 1913		1	Species	Taxom
Cancridae Latreille, 1802	Edible crabs	5	Species	Taxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814	Ghost shrimps	26	Species	Taxom
Carpiliidae Ortmann, 1893	Coral crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Caryocarididae Racheboeuf, ..., 2000		0	Species	Taxom
Ceinidae J. L. Barnard, 1972		4	Species	Taxom
Chaetiliidae Dana, 1849		1	Species	Taxom
Chasmocarcinidae Serène, 1964		4	Species	Taxom
Cheluridae Allman, 1847		1	Species	Taxom
Chiltoniidae Barnard, 1972		2	Species	Taxom
Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892		18	Species	Taxom
Chlorotocellidae Komai, Chan ..., 2019		2	Species	Taxom
Cirolanidae Dana, 1852	Cave Isopods	31	Species	Taxom
Coenobitidae Dana, 1851	Land hermit crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Colletteidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002		0	Species	Taxom
Colomastigidae Stebbing, 1899		1	Species	Taxom
Conicostomatidae Lowry & Stod..., 2012		1	Species	Taxom
Corallanidae Nunomura, 2006		2	Species	Taxom
Corophiidae Leach, 1814		5	Species	Taxom
Corystidae Samouelle, 1819		3	Species	Taxom
Crangonidae Haworth, 1825	Crangonid Shrimp	23	Species	Taxom
Crangonyctidae Bousfield, 1973	Gammarid amphipods	1	Species	Taxom
Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875	Coral gall crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815	Whale lice	2	Species	Taxom
Cyclodorippidae Ortmann, 1892		3	Species	Taxom
Cylisticidae Verhoeff, 1949		1	Species	Taxom
Cymonomidae Bouvier, 1897		1	Species	Taxom
Cymothoidae Leach, 1818	Fish Doctors	23	Species	Taxom
Cyproideidae J. L. Barnard, 1974		3	Species	Taxom
Dacryopilumnidae Serène, 1984		2	Species	Taxom
Dendrotiidae (Vanhöffen, 1914)		0	Species	Taxom
Desmosomatidae Brix, 2006		0	Species	Taxom
Dexaminidae Leach, 1814		11	Species	Taxom
Diastylidae Bate, 1856		10	Species	Taxom
Diogenidae Ortmann, 1892	Left-handed hermit crabs	43	Species	Taxom
Disciadidae Rathbun, 1902		0	Species	Taxom
Dogielinotidae Gurjanova, 1953		3	Species	Taxom
Dorippidae MacLeay, 1838	Demon-faced crabs	9	Species	Taxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858		3	Species	Taxom
Dromiidae De Haan, 1833	Sponge crabs	17	Species	Taxom
Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892		2	Species	Taxom
Endevouridae Lowry & Stod..., 1997		1	Species	Taxom
Eophliantidae Sheard, 1936		1	Species	Taxom
Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838	Kelp Crabs	35	Species	Taxom
Eriopisidae Lowry & Myers, 2013		0	Species	Taxom
Eugonatonotidae Chace, 1937		1	Species	Taxom
Eulimnogammaridae Kamaltynov, 1999		1	Species	Taxom
Eumunididae A. Milne Edw..., 1900		1	Species	Taxom
Euphausiidae Milne-Edwards, 1837		25	Species	Taxom
Eusiridae Stebbing, 1888		3	Species	Taxom
Exoedicerotidae Barnard & Dr..., 1982		1	Species	Taxom
Expanathuridae Nunomura, 1984		3	Species	Taxom
Galatheidae Samouelle, 1819	Squat lobsters	19	Species	Taxom
Galenidae Alcock, 1898		2	Species	Taxom
Gammaridae Leach, 1813	Gammarids	6	Species	Taxom
Gecarcinidae MacLeay, 1838	Land crabs	1	Species	Taxom
Geryonidae Colosi, 1923	Deepsea crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Glyphocrangonidae Smith, 1884	Armored shrimp	8	Species	Taxom
Gnathiidae Leach, 1814		17	Species	Taxom
Gnathophausiidae Udrescu, 1984		3	Species	Taxom
Gnathostenetroididae Kussakin, 1967		0	Species	Taxom
Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838	Angular crabs	9	Species	Taxom
Gonodactylidae Giesbrecht, 1910	Gonodactylid mantis shrimps	9	Species	Taxom
Grapsidae MacLeay, 1838	Marsh crabs	12	Species	Taxom
Gynodiastylidae Stebbing, 1912		31	Species	Taxom
Halophilosciidae Verhoeff, 1908		1	Species	Taxom
Hamatipedidae Błażewicz, G..., 2022		0	Species	Taxom
Haploniscidae Hansen, 1916		0	Species	Taxom
Hexapodidae Miers, 1886		3	Species	Taxom
Hippidae Latreille, 1825	Mole Crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Hippolytidae Dana, 1852	Anemone shrimp	15	Species	Taxom
Holognathidae G. Thomson, 1904		1	Species	Taxom
Homolidae De Haan, 1839	Carrier crabs	4	Species	Taxom
Homolodromiidae Alcock, 1899		2	Species	Taxom
Hyalidae Bulycheva, 1957		4	Species	Taxom
Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838		13	Species	Taxom
Hypothalassiidae Karasawa & S..., 2006	Champagne crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Hypsimetopodidae Nicholls, 1943		2	Species	Taxom
Hyssuridae Wägele, 1981		2	Species	Taxom
Idoteidae Samouelle, 1819		12	Species	Taxom
Inachidae MacLeay, 1838		28	Species	Taxom
Ingolfiellidae Hansen, 1903		1	Species	Taxom
Iphiculidae Alcock, 1896		1	Species	Taxom
Iphimediidae Boeck, 1871		3	Species	Taxom
Isaeidae Dana, 1853		1	Species	Taxom
Ischnomesidae Hansen, 1916		0	Species	Taxom
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 1899		23	Species	Taxom
Janiridae Sars, 1897		1	Species	Taxom
Joeropsididae Nordenstam, 1933		0	Species	Taxom
Kalliapseudidae Lang, 1956		3	Species	Taxom
Lampropidae Sars, 1878		1	Species	Taxom
Lanceolidae Bovallius, 1887		2	Species	Taxom
Latreilliidae Stimpson, 1858	Longleg crabs	3	Species	Taxom
Lepidocharontidae Galassi & Bruce, 2016		0	Species	Taxom
Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001		8	Species	Taxom
Leptocheliidae Lang, 1973		8	Species	Taxom
Leptognathiidae Sieg, 1976		0	Species	Taxom
Leptograpsodidae Guinot, Ng &..., 2018		1	Species	Taxom
Leuconidae Sars, 1878		0	Species	Taxom
Leucosiidae Samouelle, 1819	Nut crabs	53	Species	Taxom
Leucothoidae Dana, 1852		10	Species	Taxom
Ligiidae Leach, 1814	Rock lice	1	Species	Taxom
Liljeborgiidae Stebbing, 1899		2	Species	Taxom
Limnoriidae White, 1850	Gribble	12	Species	Taxom
Lithodidae Samouelle, 1819	King crab	1	Species	Taxom
Litocheiridae ?tev?i?, 2005		1	Species	Taxom
Lomisidae Bouvier, 1895		1	Species	Taxom
Luciferidae De Haan, 1849		1	Species	Taxom
Lycaeidae Claus, 1879		0	Species	Taxom
Lysianassidae Dana, 1849		15	Species	Taxom
Lysiosquillidae Giesbrecht, 1910	Lysiosquillid mantis shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Lysmatidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851		11	Species	Taxom
Maeridae Krapp-Schickel, 2008		15	Species	Taxom
Majidae Samouelle, 1819	Spider crab	40	Species	Taxom
Mathildellidae Karasawa & Kato, 2003		2	Species	Taxom
Matutidae De Haan, 1835		7	Species	Taxom
Maxillipiidae Ledoyer, 1973		1	Species	Taxom
Melitidae Bousfield, 1973		49	Species	Taxom
Menippidae Ortmann, 1893	Stone crabs	5	Species	Taxom
Metapseudidae Lang, 1970		2	Species	Taxom
Micheleidae Sakai, 1992		3	Species	Taxom
Microparasellidae Karaman, 1933		0	Species	Taxom
Micruropodidae Kamaltynov, 1999		1	Species	Taxom
Mictyridae Dana, 1851		3	Species	Taxom
Munididae Ahyong, Baba..., 2010		40	Species	Taxom
Munidopsidae Whiteaves, 1874		5	Species	Taxom
Munnidae Sars, 1897		1	Species	Taxom
Munnopsidae Lilljeborg, 1864		0	Species	Taxom
Mysidae Haworth, 1825		4	Species	Taxom
Nannastacidae Spence Bate, 1866		41	Species	Taxom
Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916		0	Species	Taxom
Nannosquillidae Manning, 1980	Nannosquillid mantis shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Nebaliidae Samouelle, 1819		0	Species	Taxom
Nematocarcinidae Smith, 1884		2	Species	Taxom
Neoniphargidae Bousfield, 1977		2	Species	Taxom
Neotanaidae Lang, 1956		0	Species	Taxom
Nephropidae Dana, 1852	Clawed Lobster	11	Species	Taxom
Nihotungidae J.L. Barnard, 1972		2	Species	Taxom
Nototanaidae Sieg, 1976		1	Species	Taxom
Numbakullidae Gutu & Heard, 2002		1	Species	Taxom
Ochlesidae Stebbing, 1910		6	Species	Taxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815	Fiddler crabs	37	Species	Taxom
Odontodactylidae Manning, 1980	Odontodactylid mantis shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg, 1865		1	Species	Taxom
Ogyrididae Holthuis, 1955	Long-eyed shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Oniscidae Latreille, 1802	Sow Bugs	3	Species	Taxom
Oplophoridae Dana, 1852	Deepsea shrimps	7	Species	Taxom
Oxycephalidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Oziidae Dana, 1851		2	Species	Taxom
Pagurapseudidae Lang, 1970		1	Species	Taxom
Paguridae Latreille, 1802	Hermit Crabs	16	Species	Taxom
Pakynidae Lowry & Myers, 2017		2	Species	Taxom
Palaemonidae Rafinesque, 1815	Palaemonid Shrimps	90	Species	Taxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898	Stilt crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Palinuridae Latreille, 1802	Crawfish	8	Species	Taxom
Pandalidae Haworth, 1825	Pandalid shrimp	30	Species	Taxom
Paramelitidae Bousfield, 1977		6	Species	Taxom
Paramunnidae Vanhöffen, 1914		4	Species	Taxom
Paranebaliidae Walker-Smith..., 2001		0	Species	Taxom
Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 1968		4	Species	Taxom
Parapaguridae S. I. Smith, 1882	Deepwater hermit crabs	14	Species	Taxom
Paraplatyarthridae Javidkar & King, 2015		7	Species	Taxom
Parapseudidae Gutu, 1981		2	Species	Taxom
Parascelidae Bovallius, 1887		1	Species	Taxom
Parasquillidae Manning, 1995		1	Species	Taxom
Parastacidae Huxley, 1879		19	Species	Taxom
Paratanaidae Lang, 1949		0	Species	Taxom
Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910		3	Species	Taxom
Parthenopidae MacLeay, 1838	Elbow crabs	19	Species	Taxom
Pasiphaeidae Dana, 1852	Glass shrimps	11	Species	Taxom
Penaeidae Rafinesque, 1815	Penaeid shrimps	40	Species	Taxom
Perthiidae Williams & J..., 1988		2	Species	Taxom
Philosciidae Kinahan, 1857	Woodlice	17	Species	Taxom
Phliantidae Stebbing, 1899		6	Species	Taxom
Photidae (Boeck, 1871)		1	Species	Taxom
Phoxocephalidae Sars, 1891		13	Species	Taxom
Phreatoicidae Chilton, 1891		0	Species	Taxom
Pilumnidae Samouelle, 1819		44	Species	Taxom
Pinnotheridae De Haan, 1833	Commensal Crabs	9	Species	Taxom
Plagusiidae Dana, 1851		7	Species	Taxom
Plakarthriidae Hansen, 1905		1	Species	Taxom
Platyarthridae Verhoeff, 1949	Woodlice	2	Species	Taxom
Platyischnopidae Barnard & Dr..., 1979		2	Species	Taxom
Podoceridae Leach, 1814		13	Species	Taxom
Polychelidae Wood-Mason, 1874	Blind lobsters	6	Species	Taxom
Pontogeneiidae Stebbing, 1906		1	Species	Taxom
Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825	Porcelain crab	32	Species	Taxom
Porcellionidae Brandt & Rat..., 1831	Woodlice	5	Species	Taxom
Portunidae Rafinesque, 1815	Swimming Crab	96	Species	Taxom
Processidae Ortmann, 1896	Night shrimps	8	Species	Taxom
Protosquillidae Manning, 1980	Protosquillid mantis shrimps	6	Species	Taxom
Psalidopodidae Wood-Mason, 1892	Scissorfoot shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Pseudocarcinidae Ng & Davie, 2020		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudocumatidae G. O. Sars, 1878		0	Species	Taxom
Pseudojaniridae Wilson, 1986		1	Species	Taxom
Pseudosquillidae Manning, 1977	Pseudosquillid mantis shrimps	3	Species	Taxom
Pseudotanaidae Sieg, 1976		0	Species	Taxom
Raninidae De Haan, 1839	Frog crabs	9	Species	Taxom
Retroplumidae Gill, 1894		1	Species	Taxom
Rhynchocinetidae Ortmann, 1890	Hingebeak shrimp	5	Species	Taxom
Santiidae Wilson, 1987		0	Species	Taxom
Scinidae Stebbing, 1888		6	Species	Taxom
Scyllaridae Latreille, 1825	Shovel-nosed lobsters	15	Species	Taxom
Scyphacidae Dana, 1852		5	Species	Taxom
Sergestidae Dana, 1852		9	Species	Taxom
Serolidae Dana, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Sesarmidae Dana, 1851		13	Species	Taxom
Sicyoniidae Ortmann, 1898	Rock shrimps	6	Species	Taxom
Solenoceridae Wood-Mason, 1891	Solenocerid shrimps	21	Species	Taxom
Spelaeogriphidae Gordon, 1957		2	Species	Taxom
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825		51	Species	Taxom
Sphyrapidae Gutu, 1980		0	Species	Taxom
Spongicolidae von Martens, 1872	Glass sponge shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Squillidae Latreille, 1802	Squillid mantis shrimps	19	Species	Taxom
Stegocephalidae Dana, 1852		0	Species	Taxom
Stenetriidae Hansen, 1905		5	Species	Taxom
Stenopodidae Risso, 1826	Coral shrimps	2	Species	Taxom
Stenothoidae Boeck, 1871		14	Species	Taxom
Sternostylidae Baba Ahyong ..., 2018		1	Species	Taxom
Strahlaxiidae Poore, 1994		2	Species	Taxom
Stylodactylidae Bate, 1888		4	Species	Taxom
Styloniscidae Vandel, 1952		0	Species	Taxom
Synopiidae Dana, 1852		0	Species	Taxom
Tainisopidae Wilson, 2003		7	Species	Taxom
Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815	Beach Hoppers	12	Species	Taxom
Tanaellidae Larsen & Wilson, 2002		1	Species	Taxom
Tanaidae Dana, 1849		2	Species	Taxom
Tetraliidae Castro, Ng &..., 2004		7	Species	Taxom
Thalassinidae Latreille, 1831	Mud lobsters	5	Species	Taxom
Thambematidae Stebbing, 1913		0	Species	Taxom
Thoridae Kingsley, 1878	Anemone shrimp	5	Species	Taxom
Trapeziidae Miers, 1886	Coral crabs	14	Species	Taxom
Trichoniscidae G. O. Sars, 1899	Woodlice	0	Species	Taxom
Tylidae Dana, 1852		2	Species	Taxom
Typhlotanaidae (Sieg, 1986)		0	Species	Taxom
Tyrannophontidae Schram, 1984		1	Species	Taxom
Upogebiidae Borradaile, 1903	Mud shrimp	13	Species	Taxom
Uristidae Hurley, 1963		1	Species	Taxom
Urohaustoriidae Barnard & Dr..., 1982		2	Species	Taxom
Urothoidae Bousfield, 1978		0	Species	Taxom
Varunidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1853		6	Species	Taxom
Vibiliidae Dana, 1852		1	Species	Taxom
Xanthidae MacLeay, 1838	Mud crabs	112	Species	Taxom
Zobrachoidae Barnard & Dr..., 1982		0	Species	Taxom

Subnodes of Malacostraca with occurrences in West Australia

Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	285 1141 2298	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Phyllocarida Packard, 1879	3 3 0	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