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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Argentina (Southern South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
274
788
1377
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
272
786
1376
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
101
287
508
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
100
283
492
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
93
257
450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
49
147
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
46
142
214
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
30
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
5
14
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Argentina
1 Family width 14 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs14SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Argentina
5 Genera with 14 Species
Gelasimus Latreille, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Leptuca Bott, 19016SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 2005Ghost Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1901Fiddler crab3SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Argentina
14 Species
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Leptuca crenulata Lockington, 1877California Fiddler Crab
Leptuca helleri Rathbun, 1902
Leptuca leptodactyla Rathbun, 1898
Leptuca musica Rathbun, 1914
Leptuca stenodactylus H. Milne Edw..., 1843
Leptuca uruguayensis Nobili, 1901
Minuca vocator Herbst, 1804
Minuca zacae Crane, 1941
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787Atlantic ghost crab
Ocypode vericoncava S. Casadio, 2005
Uca (Gelasimus) tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Uca stenodactylus H. Milne Edw..., 1843
Uca uruguayensis Nobili, 1901

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Argentina
FamilyDotillidae
Stimpson, 1858
0
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
0
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMictyridae
Dana, 1851
0
0
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
5
14
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Ocypodoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Ocypodoidea at itis.gov
Ocypodoidea at marinespecies.org