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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region Indian Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
264
991
2154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
262
988
2151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
129
622
1527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
126
616
1509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
117
574
1372
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
62
330
717
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
54
296
673
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
13
56
100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
6
17
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
7
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Indian Ocean
7 Genera with 22 Species
Austruca Bott, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Cranuca Beinlich & V..., 18741SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Leptuca Bott, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1775Ghost Crab9SpeciesTaxom
Paraleptuca Bott, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 0Fiddler crab5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean
22 Species
Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837Fiddler Crab
Austruca triangularis A. Milne-Edw..., 1873
Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874Inversed Fiddler Crab
Gelasimus excisus Nobili, 1906Eastern Calling Fiddler Crab
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Leptuca pugilator Bosc, 1802Atlantic Sand Fiddler Crab
Ocypode aegyptiaca (Gerstaecker, 1856)⇒ Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775
Ocypode brevicornis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Ocypode cursor Linnaeus, 1758Tufted ghost crab
Ocypode jousseaumei Nobili, 1905
Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775Red Sea Ghost Crab
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Green-eyed Fiddler Crab
Uca (Cranuca) inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Uca (Gelasimus) tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Uca (Gelasimus) vomeris McNeill, 1920
Uca (Tubuca) urvillei H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Uca alcocki

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in Indian Ocean
SubfamilyGelasiminae
Miers, 1886
5
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOcypodinae
Rafinesque, 1815
1
9
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