Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Ocypodoidea for Amirante Islands (Seychelles)

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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Amirante Islands (Seychelles)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	34 93 131	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	34 93 131	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	31 89 128	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	31 89 128	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	30 87 126	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	20 73 98	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	18 69 94	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	4 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 3 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Amirante Islands
2 Families width 4 Species

Palicidae Bouvier, 1898	Stilt crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Ocypodidae (Rafinesque, 1815)	Fiddler crabs	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Amirante Islands
3 Genera with 4 Species

Species list for Amirante Islands
4 Species

Crossotonotus spinipes De Man, 1888
Neopalicus jukesii White, 1847
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772	Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)	⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Amirante Islands

Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 Stilt crabs	2 2	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Ocypodoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Ocypodoidea at itis.gov
Ocypodoidea at marinespecies.org