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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
63
134
169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
63
134
169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
44
101
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
44
101
131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
41
97
126
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
29
76
98
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
27
74
96
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
22
33
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
4
9
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
4
8
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East India
4 Genera with 8 Species
Austruca Bott, 18622SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1852Ghost Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 18523SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East India
8 Species
Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837Fiddler Crab
Austruca variegata Heller, 1862
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edw..., 1852Red ghost crab
Tubuca paradussumieri Bott, 1973
Tubuca rosea Tweedie, 1937
Tubuca urvillei H. Milne Edw..., 1852

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in East India
SubfamilyGelasiminae
Miers, 1886
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOcypodinae
Rafinesque, 1815
1
2
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