Crustacean List By Species Name All of the species described and pictured in this web site are listed below. To go directly to a particular species in this list click on the name. If you prefer to look at the image gallery of a group click on a heading.

Amphipoda

• Caprellidae Caprellinoides sp.
• Ampeliscidae Byblis mildura
• Amphilochidae Cyproidea sp.
• Ampithoidae Ampithoe sp.
• Corophiidae Corophium acherusicum
• Iphimediidae Iphimedia sp.
• Leucothoidae Leucothoe commensalis
• Lysianassidae Hippomedon denticulatus
• Melitidae
  Ceradocus dooliba
  Ceradocus sellickensis
  Dulichiella australis
  Gamarella berringar
  Maera mastersi
• Phoxocephalidae Birubius muldarpus
• Talitridae Orchestia marmorata

Anomura

• Galatheidae Galathea australiensis
• Porcellanidae
  Petrocheles australiensis
  Polyonyx transversus
• Lomisidae Lomis hirta
• Diogenidae
  Cancellus typus
  Dardanus arrosor
  Paguristes frontalis
  Paguristes pugil
  Paguristes squamosus
  Strigopagurus elongatus
• Paguridae
  Micropagurus acantholepis
  Pagurixus handrecki

Brachyura

• Dromiidae Stimdromia lamellata
• Grapsidae
  Cyclograpsus granulosus
  Paragrapsus quadridentatus
  Plagusia chabrus
• Hymenosomatidae
  Halicarcinus ovatus
  Trigonoplax longirostris
• Leucosiidae Dittosa laevis
• Majidae
  Naxia aries
  Pyromaia tuberculata
• Mictyridae Mictyris platycheles
• Ocypodidae Macrophthalmus latifrons
• Pilumnidae Pilumnus fissifrons
• Portunidae
  Carcinus maenas
  Ovalipes australiensis
• Xanthidae Actaea peroni

Caridea

• Alpheidae
  Alpheus euphrosyne
  Alpheus parasocialis
  Alpheus villosus
  Athanopsis australis
  Synalpheus tumidomanus
• Hippolytidae
  Hippolyte australiensis
  Hippolyte caradina
  Nauticaris sp.
• Palaemonidae
  Macrobrachium intermedium
  Palaemon serenus
• Pasiphaeidae Leptochela sydniensis
• Rhynchocinetidae Rhynchocinetes australis

Cirripedia

• Archaeobalanidae
  Elminius modestus
• Balanidae
  Austromegabalanus nigrescens
  Balanus variegatus
  Balanus trigonus
• Catophragmidae
  Catomerus polymerus
• Chthamalidae
  Chthamalus antennatus
• Iblidae
  Ibla quadrivalvis
• Lepadidae
  Lepas australis
• Tetraclitidae
  Austrobalanus imperator
  Chameasipho tasmanica
  Tesseropora rosea
  Tetraclitella purpurascens
  

Copepoda

• Harpacticidae harpacticoid sp.
  

Cumacea

• Bodotriidae
  Cyclaspis usitata
  Glyphocuma bakeri (female)
  Glyphocuma bakeri (male)
  Iphinoe pellucida

Isopoda

• Anthuridae Mesanthura astelia
• Arcturidae Neastacilla sp.
• Chaetiliidae Austrochaetilia capeli
• Cirolanidae Natatolana woodjonesi
• Gnathiidae Elaphognathia ferox
• Idoteidae
  Euidotea peronii
  Paridotea collingei
• Ligiidae Ligia australiensis
• Limnoriidae Lynseia himantopoda
• Serolidae Serolina delaria
• Sphaeromatidae
  Cymodoce trispinosa
  Cymodoce coronata
  Juletta fika
  Zuzara venosa
• Stenetriidae Stenetrium sp.

Leptostraca

• Nebaliidae Nebalia sp.

Mysidacea

• Mysidae
  Australomysis acuta
  Doxomysis sp.
  Heteromysis waitei

Ostracoda:Myodocopida

• Cylindroleberididae
  Arcasterope sp.(male)
  Arcasterope sp.(female)
  Asteropteron sp.
  Cycloleberis cf. bradyi
• Cypridinidae Cypridinodes sp.
• Philomedidae Euphilomedes ferox

Palinura

• Palinuridae Palinura novaehollandiae
• Scyllaridae Ibacus peronii

Stomatopoda

• Nannosquillidae Hadrosquilla perpasta

Thalassinidea

• Callianassidae
  Biffarius arenosus
  Biffarius ceramicus
  Neocallichirus limosus
  Trypaea australiensis
• Strahlaxiidae Strahlaxius waroona
• Upogebiidae Acutigebia simsoni

Feedback and queries should be sent to the Discovery Centre at Museum Victoria.
Please note, the Discovery Centre can help you only with questions about crustaceans from southeastern Australia. It can not advise on the care of pet hermit crabs or on crustaceans from other regions.