Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Ocypodoidea for Bird Island (South Georgia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Bird Island (South Georgia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	46 96 143	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	46 96 143	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	35 81 123	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	35 81 123	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	33 79 121	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	17 36 47	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	16 35 46	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	3 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Bird Island
2 Families width 2 Species

Palicidae Bouvier, 1898	Stilt crabs	0	Species	Taxom
Ocypodidae (Rafinesque, 1815)	Fiddler crabs	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Bird Island
2 Genera with 2 Species

Crossotonotus A. Milne-Edw..., 1873		0	Species	Taxom
Ocypode Weber, 1818	Ghost Crab	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Bird Island
2 Species

Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)	⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)	⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Bird Island

Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 Stilt crabs	1 0	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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