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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region Djibouti (East Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
69
188
322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
69
188
322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
49
163
289
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
48
159
284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
47
155
280
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
24
94
172
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
22
89
165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
8
18
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
7
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
4
11
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Djibouti
4 Genera with 11 Species
Cranuca Beinlich & V..., 18741SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1775Ghost Crab4SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1823Fiddler crab5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Djibouti
11 Species
Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874Inversed Fiddler Crab
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1880
Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775Red Sea Ghost Crab
Uca (Cranuca) inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Uca (Gelasimus) tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Uca (Gelasimus) vocans Linnaeus, 1758
Uca albimana Kossmann, 1877
Uca marionis (Desmarest, 1823)⇒ Uca vocans Linnaeus, 1758

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in Djibouti
SubfamilyGelasiminae
Miers, 1886
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOcypodinae
Rafinesque, 1815
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyUcinae
Dana, 1851
1
5
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Ocypodidae at biodiversity.org.au
Ocypodidae at gbif.org
Ocypodidae at irmng.org
Ocypodidae at itis.gov
Ocypodidae at marinespecies.org