Crabs: Order Decapoda

• Acidopsidae
• Aeglidae (Freshwater crabs)
• Aethridae
• Albuneidae (Burrowing sand crabs)
• Aphanodactylidae
• Atelecyclidae
• Belliidae
• Blepharipodidae (Sand crabs)
• Bythograeidae (Vent crabs)
• Calappidae
• Camptandriidae
• Cancridae (Rock crabs)
• Carpiliidae
• Chasmocarcinidae (Mud crabs)
• Cheiragonidae (Helmet crabs)
• Christmaplacidae
• Coenobitidae (Terrestrial hermit crabs)
• Conleyidae
• Corystidae
• Crossotonotidae
• Cryptochiridae (Gall crabs)
• Cyclodorippidae
• Cymonomidae
• Dacryopilumnidae
• Dairidae (Living fossil crab)
• Dairoididae
• Diogenidae (Left-handed hermit crabs)
• Domeciidae
• Dorippidae
• Dotillidae
• Dromiidae (Sponge crabs)
• Dynomenidae (Madagascar crabs)
• Epialtidae
• Eriphiidae
• Ethusidae
• Euryplacidae
• Galenidae
• Gecarcinidae (Land crabs)
• Gecarcinucidae (True freshwater crabs)
• Geryonidae (Deep-sea crabs)
• Glyptograpsidae (Central American crabs)
• Goneplacidae
• Grapsidae (Marsh crabs)
• Hapalogastridae (King crabs)
• Heloeciidae (Semaphore crabs)
• Hexapodidae (Six-legged crabs)
• Hippidae (Mole crabs)
• Homolidae (Carrier crabs)
• Homolodromiidae
• Hymenosomatidae
• Hypothalassiidae (Deep-sea crabs)
• Inachidae (Spider crabs)
• Inachoididae
• Iphiculidae
• Latreilliidae (Long-legged crabs)
• Leucosiidae
• Lithodidae (King crabs)
• Litocheiridae
• Lomisidae (Hairy stone crabs)
• Lyreididae
• Macrophthalmidae (Mud crabs)
• Macropipidae (Rock crabs)
• Majidae (Spider crabs)
• Mathildellidae
• Matutidae (Moon crabs)
• Menippidae
• Mictyridae (Soldier crabs)
• Mithracidae
• Ocypodidae (Ghost crabs)
• Oregoniidae
• Orithyiidae (Tiger crabs)
• Oziidae
• Paguridae (Hermit crabs)
• Palicidae (Stilt crabs)
• Panopeidae (Mud crabs)
• Parapaguridae
• Parthenopidae
• Percnidae
• Phyllotymolinidae
• Pilumnidae (Hairy crabs)
• Pilumnoididae
• Pinnotheridae (Pea crabs)
• Pirimelidae
• Plagusiidae
• Planopilumnidae
• Platyxanthidae
• Polybiidae
• Porcellanidae (Porcelain crabs)
• Portunidae (Shore crabs)
• Potamidae (Freshwater crabs)
• Potamonautidae (African freshwater crabs)
• Poupiniidae (Polynesian crabs)
• Progeryonidae
• Pseudorhombilidae
• Pseudothelphusidae (Neotropical freshwater crabs)
• Pseudoziidae
• Pylochelidae (Symmetrical hermit crabs)
• Pylojacquesidae (Hermit crabs)
• Raninidae (Frog crabs)
• Retroplumidae
• Scalopidiidae
• Sesarmidae (Spider crabs)
• Sotoplacidae
• Tanaocheleidae
• Tetraliidae
• Thiidae
• Trapeziidae (Coral crabs)
• Trichodactylidae (South American freshwater crabs)
• Ucididae (Mangrove crabs)
• Varunidae
• Vultocinidae
• Xanthidae (Mud crabs)
• Xenograpsidae (Shallow water crabs)
• Xenophthalmidae

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Family: Acidopsidae

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Acidops fimbriatus
Crinitocinus alcocki
Parapilumnus cristimanus
Thecaplax capillosa

Family: Aeglidae (Freshwater crabs)

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Aegla abtao

Family: Aethridae

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Actaeomorpha erosa
Aethra scruposa
Drachiella morum
Hepatella amica
Hepatus epheliticus
Osachila antillensis
Sakaila japonica

Family: Albuneidae (Burrowing sand crabs)

Genus and Selected Species	Image
Albunea marquisiana
Austrolepidopa caledonia
Lepidopa benedicti
Leucolepidopa sunda
Paralbunea dayriti
Zygopa galantensis

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