Species list, Checklist of Family Ocypodidae (Fiddler crabs) for Western Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean)

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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region Western Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	53 117 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	53 117 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	48 109 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	48 109 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	46 107 149	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	25 52 71	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	23 49 68	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	6 7 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	3 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Western Indian Ocean
2 Genera with 3 Species

Austruca Bott, 1837		1	Species	Taxom
Ocypode Weber, 1775	Ghost Crab	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Western Indian Ocean
3 Species

Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837	Fiddler Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)	⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775	Red Sea Ghost Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in Western Indian Ocean

Subfamily	Gelasiminae Miers, 1886	1 1	Genus 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