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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region Metropolitan France (France)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
266
824
1614
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
263
821
1610
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
135
462
923
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
134
460
921
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
123
437
892
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
72
260
412
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
55
229
379
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
11
36
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
4
10
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
6
10
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Metropolitan France
6 Genera with 10 Species
Leptuca Bott, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1787Ghost Crab4SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1870Fiddler crab1SpeciesTaxom
Udora Münster, 19232SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Metropolitan France
10 Species
Leptuca spinicarpa Rathbun, 1900
Minuca longisignalis Salmon & Ats..., 1968
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, 1846Pallid ghost crab
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787Atlantic ghost crab
Tubuca urvillei H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Uca (Minuca) rapax Smith, 1870Mudflat fiddler
Udora gevreyi Van Straelen, 1923
Udora minuta Van Straelen, 1923

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in Metropolitan France
SubfamilyGelasiminae
Miers, 1886
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOcypodinae
Rafinesque, 1815
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyUcinae
Dana, 1851
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