Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825

Siddiqui And Q, Feroz A., 2003, A checklist of marine anomurans (Crustacea: Decapoda) of Pakistan, northern Arabian Sea, Memoirs of Museum Victoria 60 (1), pp. 87-89 : 87-88

Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825

Ancylocheles Haig, 1978

Ancylocheles gravelei (Sankolli, 1963) . Pakistan; west coast of India; Gulf of Mannar; Australia. Under stones, in small pools to a depth of about 16 m (Tirmizi et al., 1982).

Enosteoides Johnson, 1970

Enosteoides ornatus (Stimpson, 1858) . Pakistan; Korea; China; Hong Kong; Vietnam; Gulf of Thailand; Singapore; Japan; Australia. Under stones (Tirmizi et al., 1982).

Pachycheles Stimpson, 1852

Pachycheles natalensis (Krauss, 1843) . Western Indian Ocean; Pakistan; Africa; Oman. In rock crevices near low water mark. (Mustaquim, 1972).

Pachycheles tomentosus Henderson, 1893 . Western Indian Ocean; Pakistan; western India; southern India; South Africa; Madagascar; Red Sea; Gulf of Aden; Persian Gulf. In holes and crevices of rocks near low water mark (Mustaquim, 1972).

Petrolisthes Stimpson, 1858

Petrolisthes boscii (Audouin, 1826) . Indo-West Pacific; Pakistan; Taiwan; Hong Kong; Gulf of Thailand; Japan; Australia; Oman; Red Sea; Persian Gulf. In rocky pools under stones, and in sand near low water mark (Mustaquim, 1972).

Petrolisthes lamarckii (Leach, 1820) . Indo-west Pacific; Pakistan. Under large stones (Mustaquim, 1972).

Petrolisthes leptocheles (Heller, 1861) . Pakistan; India; Somalia; Red Sea; Gulf of Aden; Oman; Persian Gulf. Under stones (Mustaquim, 1972).

Petrolisthes ornatus Paulson, 1875 . Pakistan; Gulf of Kutch; India; Sri Lanka; Comoro Island; Madagascar; Mozambique; Zanzibar; Red Sea; Gulf of Aden; Gulf of Oman; Persian Gulf. Under stones (Mustaquim, 1972).

Petrolisthes rufescens (Heller, 1861) . Pakistan; Indo-west Pacific; Pakistan; Gulf of Kutch; eastern Africa; Nicobar Island; Madagascar; Comoros; Somalia; Red Sea; Gulf of Aden; Persian Gulf. Under stones (Mustaquim, 1972).

Pisidia Leach, 1820

Pisidia dehaanii (Krauss, 1843) . Pakistan; India; Bay of Bengal; South Africa; Oman; Persian Gulf. Under stones from small pools (Mustaquim, 1972).

Pisidia delagoae (Barnard, 1955) . Pakistan; South Africa; Oman. Under stones in small pools (Tirmizi et al., 1982).

Pisidia gordoni (Johnson, 1970) . Pakistan; India; Australia; South Africa; Red Sea; Gulf of Aden; Persian Gulf. Sublittoral, occasionally found in littoral zone under stones (Tirmizi et al., 1989).

Polyonyx Stimpson, 1858

Polyonyx hendersoni Southwell, 1909 . Pakistan; western India; Sri Lanka; Japan; Korea; Hong Kong; Western Australia and Queensland, Australia. Under stones (Tirmizi et al., 1982).

Polyonyx loimicola Sankolli, 1965 . Pakistan; and India. Buried under mud (Tirmizi et el., 1989).

Raphidopus Stimpson, 1858

Raphidopus ciliatus Stimpson, 1858 . Pakistan; Korea; Formosa Strait; China; Hong Kong; Gulf of Thailand; Singapore; Japan; Australia; Malay Peninsula. Muddy bottom (Tirmizi and Ghani, 1994).

Superfamily Hippoidea Latreille, 1825