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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Baja California (Northwest Mexico, Mexico)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
181
528
917
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
180
527
916
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
91
312
620
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
90
307
607
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
85
294
583
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
45
179
294
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
40
168
278
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
10
37
66
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
6
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Baja California
2 Families width 14 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs11SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Baja California
6 Genera with 14 Species
Leptuca Bott, 18435SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1860Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Palicus Philippi, 18943SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1870Fiddler crab2SpeciesTaxom
Ucides Rathbun, 18971SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Baja California
14 Species
Leptuca coloradensis Rathbun, 1893
Leptuca crenulata Lockington, 1877California Fiddler Crab
Leptuca latimanus Rathbun, 1894
Leptuca musica Rathbun, 1914
Leptuca stenodactylus H. Milne Edw..., 1843
Minuca brevifrons Stimpson, 1860
Minuca vocator Herbst, 1804
Ocypode occidentalis Stimpson, 1860
Palicus fragilis Rathbun, 1894
Palicus lucasii Rathbun, 1898Grapsoid crab
Palicus zonatus Rathbun, 1894
Uca monilifera Rathbun, 1914
Uca princeps Smith, 1870Greater Mexican Fiddler Crab
Ucides occidentalis Ortmann, 1897Pacific Mangrove Ghost Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Baja California
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
5
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalicidae
Bouvier, 1898
Stilt crabs
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom



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