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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region Lake Erie Islands (USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
103
212
268
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
102
211
267
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
48
118
165
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
47
117
164
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
46
113
158
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
26
72
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
26
72
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
7
11
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
5
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
3
3
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Lake Erie Islands
3 Genera with 3 Species
Gelasimus Latreille, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1772Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 18801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Lake Erie Islands
3 Species
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Tubuca longidigitum Kingsley, 1880Moreton Bay Fiddler Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in Lake Erie Islands
SubfamilyGelasiminae
Miers, 1886
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOcypodinae
Rafinesque, 1815
1
1
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