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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
133
358
600
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
132
357
599
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
81
267
478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
81
267
478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
76
255
453
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
47
175
265
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
42
163
249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
32
55
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
5
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Baja California Sur
2 Families width 12 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Baja California Sur
5 Genera with 12 Species
Leptuca Bott, 18434SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1860Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Palicus Philippi, 18944SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1870Fiddler crab1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Baja California Sur
12 Species
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 mordax Smith, 1870Smith's Fiddler Crab
Ocypode occidentalis Stimpson, 1860
Palicus cortezi Crane, 1937
Palicus fragilis Rathbun, 1894
Palicus lucasii Rathbun, 1898Grapsoid crab
Palicus zonatus Rathbun, 1894
Uca princeps Smith, 1870Greater Mexican Fiddler Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Baja California Sur
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
4
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalicidae
Bouvier, 1898
Stilt crabs
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom



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