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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region Southeast Brazil (Brazil)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
212
609
939
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
210
607
939
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
85
259
487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
84
258
486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
76
233
452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
39
137
222
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
34
127
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
8
28
45
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
7
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
6
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southeast Brazil
6 Genera with 14 Species
Gelasimus Latreille, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Leptuca Bott, 19014SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 18044SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1787Ghost Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1870Fiddler crab2SpeciesTaxom
Ucides Rathbun, 17631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southeast Brazil
14 Species
Gelasimus palustris (H. Milne Edw..., 1852)⇒ Uca rapax Smith, 1870
Leptuca cumulanta Crane, 1943
Leptuca leptodactyla Rathbun, 1898
Leptuca thayeri Rathbun, 1900Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab
Leptuca uruguayensis Nobili, 1901
Minuca burgersi Holthuis, 1967
Minuca mordax Smith, 1870Smith's Fiddler Crab
Minuca rapax Smith, 1870Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Minuca vocator Herbst, 1804
Ocypode albicans (Bosc, 1802)⇒ Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787Atlantic ghost crab
Uca (Uca) maracoani Latreille, 1802
Uca pugnax Smith, 1870Atlantic marsh fiddler
Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763Swamp ghost crab

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in Southeast Brazil
SubfamilyGelasiminae
Miers, 1886
3
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOcypodinae
Rafinesque, 1815
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyUcinae
Dana, 1851
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