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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
157
401
754
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
156
400
753
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
77
232
483
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
76
231
482
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
71
216
447
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
40
137
242
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
38
126
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
10
23
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
5
11
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
4
13
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Egypt
4 Genera with 13 Species
Cranuca Beinlich & V..., 18741SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1775Ghost Crab8SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1877Fiddler crab4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Egypt
13 Species and 1 Subspecies
Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874Inversed Fiddler Crab
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Ocypode aegyptiaca (Gerstaecker, 1856)⇒ Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Ocypode cursor Linnaeus, 1758Tufted ghost crab
Ocypode hippeus
Ocypode ippeus (Olivier, 1804)⇒ Ocypode cursor Linnaeus, 1758
Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775Red Sea Ghost Crab
Uca (Cranuca) inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Uca inversa inversa (Hoffmann, 1874)⇒ Uca inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Uca (Gelasimus) tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Uca albimana Kossmann, 1877

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

Taxom

SubfamilyOcypodinae
Rafinesque, 1815
1
8
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyUcinae
Dana, 1851
1
3
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