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Checklist for Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Fiddler crabs)
and region Yemen (Near East)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
112
308
572
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
112
307
570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
78
240
484
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
76
234
461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
69
212
417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
35
118
225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
32
106
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
22
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
8
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
5
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Yemen
5 Genera with 21 Species
Austruca Bott, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Cranuca Beinlich & V..., 18741SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1775Ghost Crab7SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1975Fiddler crab6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Yemen
21 Species
Austruca albimana Kossmann, 1877
Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837Fiddler Crab
Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874Inversed Fiddler Crab
Gelasimus hesperiae Crane, 1975
Gelasimus inversa (Hoffmann, 1874)⇒ Uca inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Gelasimus smithii (Kingsley, 1880)⇒ Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Ocypode aegyptiaca (Gerstaecker, 1856)⇒ Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1880
Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775Red Sea Ghost Crab
Uca (Austruca) annulipes H. Milne-Edw..., 1837
Uca (Cranuca) inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Uca (Gelasimus) tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Uca (Paraleptuca) annulipes (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Uca annulipes H. Milne-Edw..., 1837
Uca albimana Kossmann, 1877
Uca hesperiae Crane, 1975

Subnodes of Ocypodidae with occurrences in Yemen
SubfamilyGelasiminae
Miers, 1886
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyOcypodinae
Rafinesque, 1815
1
7
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyUcinae
Dana, 1851
1
6
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