Species list, Checklist of Family Ocypodidae (Fiddler crabs) for Line Islands (Micronesia)

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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region Line Islands (Micronesia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	67 188 302	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	67 188 302	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	49 155 270	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	49 155 270	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	47 153 266	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	27 96 145	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	26 94 142	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	8 20 24	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	3 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	3 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Line Islands
3 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Line Islands
5 Species

Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)	⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)	⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)	⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, 1846	Pallid ghost crab
Paraleptuca crassipes White, 1847	Scarlet Fiddler Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in Line Islands

Subfamily	Gelasiminae Miers, 1886	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815	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