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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region South India (India)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
160
484
854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
160
484
854
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
86
312
605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
86
312
605
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
81
297
561
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
42
186
334
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
170
314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
14
43
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
7
14
30
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
5
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for South India
5 Genera with 17 Species
Austruca Bott, 18623SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1846Ghost Crab7SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 18524SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1920Fiddler crab1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South India
17 Species
Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837Fiddler Crab
Austruca triangularis A. Milne-Edw..., 1873
Austruca variegata Heller, 1862
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Ocypode brevicornis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode kuhlii De Haan, 1835
Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edw..., 1852Red ghost crab
Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, 1846Pallid ghost crab
Tubuca bellator White, 1847
Tubuca dussumieri H. Milne Edw..., 1852Dussumier's Fiddler Crab
Tubuca rosea Tweedie, 1937
Tubuca urvillei H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Uca (Gelasimus) vomeris McNeill, 1920

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in South India
SubfamilyGelasiminae
Miers, 1886
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOcypodinae
Rafinesque, 1815
1
7
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