Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Anomura

Hippoidea Latreille, 1825

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: mole crabs; mole crabs and sand crabs; sand crabs
 Japanese: スナホリガニ上科

Literature

original description

Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. [Natural families of the animal kingdom, briefly presented and in analytical order with an indication of their genera.]. J. B. Baillière, Paris. 570 pp.

additional source

Boyko, C. B.; McLaughlin, P. A. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) Part IV – Hippoidea. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement 23: 139-151.

additional source

Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.

additional source

Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Hippoidea Latreille, 1825. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106686

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine

Importance

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2016-01-24 by Christopher B. Boyko

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