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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Benin (West Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
32
44
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
32
44
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
25
36
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
25
36
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
23
31
35
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
13
20
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
13
20
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
4
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
1
2
3
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Benin
1 Family width 3 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Benin
2 Genera with 3 Species
Afruca Crane, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1758Ghost Crab2SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Benin
3 Species
Afruca tangeri Eydoux, 1835Barrilete
Ocypode africana De Man, 1881African ghost crab
Ocypode cursor Linnaeus, 1758Tufted ghost crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Benin
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom



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