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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region Okinawa Islands (Ryukyu Islands, Japan)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
173
678
1488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
173
678
1488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
110
543
1284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
109
537
1261
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
102
523
1236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
53
334
711
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
45
317
690
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
14
94
180
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
6
29
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
6
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Okinawa Islands
6 Genera with 16 Species
Austruca Bott, 18733SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17583SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1897Ghost Crab4SpeciesTaxom
Paraleptuca Bott, 18472SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 18523SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1939Fiddler crab1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Okinawa Islands
16 Species
Austruca lactea De Haan, 1835Milky Fiddler Crab
Austruca perplexa H. Milne Edw..., 1852Lemon-Clawed Fiddler Crab
Austruca triangularis A. Milne-Edw..., 1873
Gelasimus jocelynae Shih, Naruse..., 2010Jocelyn's Fiddler Crab
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode sinensis Dai, Song & ..., 1985
Ocypode stimpsoni Ortmann, 1897
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus H. Milne Edw..., 1837Green-eyed Fiddler Crab
Paraleptuca crassipes White, 1847Scarlet Fiddler Crab
Tubuca arcuata De Haan, 1835
Tubuca coarctata H. Milne Edw..., 1852Fiddler Crab
Tubuca dussumieri H. Milne Edw..., 1852Dussumier's Fiddler Crab
Uca ischnodactylus (Nemec, 1939)⇒ Uca coarctata H. Milne Edw..., 1852

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in Okinawa Islands
SubfamilyGelasiminae
Miers, 1886
4
11
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