Species list, Checklist of Family Ocypodidae (Fiddler crabs) for Saint Lucia (Lesser Antilles)

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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region Saint Lucia (Lesser Antilles)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	92 172 233	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	92 172 233	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	66 134 190	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	66 134 190	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	59 121 172	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	28 49 56	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	25 46 53	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	8 19 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 5 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	4 5	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Saint Lucia
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Saint Lucia
5 Species

Minuca rapax Smith, 1870	Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1843	Cart Driver Crab
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787	Atlantic ghost crab
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus H. Milne Edw..., 1837	Green-eyed Fiddler Crab
Tubuca urvillei H. Milne Edw..., 1852

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in Saint Lucia

Subfamily	Gelasiminae Miers, 1886	3 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815	1 2	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