List of crabs of New Zealand explained

In the waters in and around New Zealand, 77 living species of crabs (and 10 species of crab-like Anomura) have been recorded, along with a further 24 species of fossil crabs (marked with an obelisk).^[1] Of the extant crabs, 37 are endemic to New Zealand (marked in boldface). The taxonomy below follows Ng et al. (2008) for the extant species,^[2] and De Grave et al. (2009) for the fossils.^[3]

Almost all the species are marine, with a single freshwater species, Amarinus lacustris (Hymenosomatidae).^[1] An updated checklist published in 2010 lists 167 species of Brachyura, plus a little over 50 species of crab-like Anomura.^[4] This list (of N.Z. Decapoda) has been republished with annotations in 2011.^[5]

Brachyura

Section Dromiacea

Dromiidae

• Petalomera wilsoni (Fulton & Grant, 1902)

Homolidae

• Dagnaudus petterdi (Grant, 1905)
• Homola orientalis Henderson, 1888
• Yaldwynopsis spinimanus (Griffin, 1965) ^[6]

Latreilliidae

• Eplumula australiensis (Henderson, 1888)

Section Raninoida

Raninidae

• Hemioon novozelandicum Glaessner, 1980 †
• Laeviranina perarmata Glaessner, 1960 †
• Lyreidus elegans Glaessner, 1960 †
• Lyreidus tridentatus De Haan 1841
• Lyreidus waitakiensis Glaessner, 1980 †
• Ranilia pororariensis Glaessner, 1980 †

Section Cyclodorippoida

Cymonomidae

• Cymonomus aequilonius Dell, 1971
• Cymonomus bathamae Dell, 1971

Torynommidae

• Torynomma flemingi Glaessner, 1980 †

Section Heterotremata

Leucosiidae

• Ebalia laevis (Bell, 1855)
• Merocryptus lambriformis A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
• Tanaoa pustulosus (Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891)

Majidae

• Eurynolambrus australis H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1841
• Eurynome bituberculata Griffin, 1964
• Jacquinotia edwardsi (Jacquinot, 1853)
• Leptomithrax atavus Glaessner, 1960 †
• Leptomithrax australis (Jacquinot in Jacquinot & Lucas, 1853)
• Leptomithrax garricki Griffin, 1966
• Leptomithrax irirangi Glaessner, 1960 †
• Leptomithrax longimanus Miers, 1876
• Leptomithrax longipes (Thomson, 1902)
• Leptomithrax tuberculatus Whitelegge, 1900
• Leptomithrax uruti Glaessner, 1960 †
• Notomithrax minor (Filhol, 1885)
• Notomithrax peronii (H. Milne-Edwards, 1834)
• Notomithrax ursus (Herbst, 1788)
• Prismatopus filholi (A. Milne-Edwards, 1876)
• Teratomaia richardsoni (Dell, 1960)

Inachidae

• Achaeus curvirostris (A. Milne-Edwards, 1873)
• Cyrtomaia lamellata Rathbun, 1906
• Dorhynchus ramusculus (Baker, 1906)
• Platymaia maoria Dell, 1963
• Platymaia n.sp.
• Trichoplatus huttoni A. Milne-Edwards, 1876

Inachoididae

• Pyromaia tuberculata (Lockington, 1877)

Epialtidae

• Actinotocarcinus chidgeyi Jenkins, 1974 †
• Rochinia riversandersoni (Alcock, 1895)
• Leptomaia tuberculata Griffin & Tranter, 1986

Atelecyclidae

• Pteropeltarion novaezelandiae Dell, 1972
• Trichopeltarion fantasticum Richardson & Dell, 1964
• Trichopeltarion greggi Dell, 1969 †

Cancridae

• Metacarcinus novaezelandiae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)

Tumidocarcinidae

• Tumidocarcinus dentatus Glaessner, 1960 †
• Tumidocarcinus giganteus Glaessner, 1960 †
• Tumidocarcinus tumidus (Woodward, 1876) †

Dorippidae

• ?Eodorippe spedeni Glaessner, 1980 †

Macropipidae

• Pororaria eocenica Glaessner, 1980 †

Portunidae

• Ovalipes catharus (White in White & Doubleday, 1843)
• Ovalipes molleri (Ward, 1933)
• Ovalipes sp A. Glaessner, 1960 †
• Portunus pelagicus (Linnaeus, 1766)
• Liocarcinus corrugatus (Pennant, 1777)
• Nectocarcinus antarcticus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
• Nectocarcinus bennetti Takeda & Miyake, 1969
• Rhachiosoma granulifera (Glaessrier, 1960) †
• Scylla serrata (Forskal, 1775)

Menippidae

• Menippe sp. Glaessner, 1960 †
• Pseudocarcinus sp. Glaessner, 1960 †

Oziidae

• Ozius truncatus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834

Pilumnidae

• Pilumnopeus serratifrons (Kinahan, 1856)
• Pilumnus lumpinus Bennett, 1964
• Pilumnus novaezelandiae Filhol, 1886

Belliidae

• Heterozius rotundifrons A. Milne-Edwards 1867

Goneplacidae

• Carcinoplax victoriensis Rathbun, 1923
• Goneplax arenicola (Glaessner, 1960) †
• Neommatocarcinus huttoni (Filhol, 1886)

Galenidae

• Galene proavita Glaessner, 1960 †

Section Thoracotremata

Grapsidae

• Austrohelice crassa (Dana, 1851)
• Leptograpsus variegatus (Fabricius, 1793)
• Miograpsus papaka Fleming, 1981 †
• Planes cyaneus Dana, 1852
• Planes marinus Rathbun, 1914

Plagusiidae

• Plagusia chabrus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Plagusia squamosa (Herbst, 1790)

Varunidae

• Hemigrapsus crenulatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
• Hemigrapsus sexdentatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
• Cyclograpsus insularum Campbell & Griffin, 1966
• Cyclograpsus lavauxi H. Milne-Edwards, 1853

Pinnotheridae

• Pinnotheres atrinicola Page, 1983
• Pinnotheres novaezelandiae Filhol, 1886

Ocypodidae

• Macrophthalmus hirtipes (Jacquinot in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846)
• ?Macrophthalmus major (Glaessner, 1960) †

Hymenosomatidae

• Amarinus lacustris (Chilton, 1882)
• Elamena longirostris Filhol, 1885
• Elamena momona Melrose, 1975
• Elamena producta Kirk, 1878
• Halicarcinus cookii (Filhol, 1885)
• Halicarcinus innominatus Richardson, 1949
• Halicarcinus ovatus Stimpson, 1858
• Halicarcinus planatus (Fabricius, 1775)
• Halicarcinus tongi Melrose, 1975
• Halicarcinus varius (Dana, 1851)
• Halicarcinus whitei (Miers, 1876)
• Halimena aotearoa Melrose, 1975
• Hymenosoma depressum Jacquinot, 1853
• Neohymenicus pubescens (Dana, 1851)

Anomura

Lithodidae^[4]

• Lithodes aotearoa Ahyong, 2010
• Lithodes jessica Ahyong, 2010
• Lithodes macquaria Ahyong, 2010
• Lithodes robertsoni Ahyong, 2010
• Neolithodes brodiei Dawson & Yaldwyn, 1970
• Neolithodes bronwynae Ahyong, 2010
• Paralomis dawsoni Macpherson, 2001
• Paralomis debodeorum Feldman, 1998 †
• Paralomis echidna Ahyong, 2010
• Paralomis hirtella Saint Laurent & Macpherson, 1997
• Paralomis poorei Ahyong, 2010
• Paralomis staplesi Ahyong, 2010
• Paralomis webberi Ahyong, 2010
• Paralomis zealandica Dawson & Yaldwyn, 1971

Paguridae

• Porcellanopagurus edwardsi Filhol, 1885

Porcellanidae

• Petrolisthes elongatus (H. Milne-Edwards, 1837)
• Petrolisthes novaezelandiae Flihol, 1886
• Petrocheles spinosus Miers, 1876

See also

• Fauna of New Zealand

Notes and References

1. C. L. McLay . 1988 . Brachyura and crab-like Anomura of New Zealand . Leigh Laboratory Bulletin . 22 . 1–463 . .
2. . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng . Danièle Guinot . Peter J. F. Davie . amp . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
3. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . . etal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
4. Book: W. R. Webber . G. D. Fenwick . J. M. Bradford-Grieve . S. H. Eagar . J. S. Buckeridge . G. C. B. Poore . E. W. Dawson . L. Watling . J. B. Jones . J. B. J. Wells . N. L. Bruce . S. T. Ahyong . K. Larsen . M. A. Chapman . J. Olesen . J. S. Ho . J. D. Green . R. J. Shiel . C. E. F. Rocha . A.-N. Lörz . G. J. Bird . W. A. Charleston . 2010 . Phylum Arthropoda, subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin . 98–232 . Dennis P. Gordon . New Zealand inventory of biodiversity . 2 . Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils . . Christchurch, New Zealand . 978-1-87725793-3.
5. Yaldwyn, J.C.; Webber, W.R. 2011: Annotated checklist of New Zealand Decapoda (Arthropoda: Crustacea). Tuhinga, 22: 171–272. abstract and pdf
6. Web site: Yaldwynopsis spinimanus . Crabs of Japan . Marine Species Identification Portal . June 4, 2010.