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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
136
305
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
135
304
387
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
66
164
239
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
65
161
236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
59
147
217
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
34
101
143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
30
90
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
6
14
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
5
7
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Peninsula
3 Families width 7 Species
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 18584SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Peninsula
5 Genera with 7 Species
Cleistostoma De Haan, 02SpeciesTaxom
Danielella P.K.L. Ng & ..., 18381SpeciesTaxom
Palicus Philippi, 18972SpeciesTaxom
Paratylodiplax Serène, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1870Fiddler crab1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
7 Species
Cleistostoma algoense (Barnard, 1954)⇒ Paratylodiplax algoensis Barnard, 1954
Cleistostoma edwardsi
Danielella edwardsii MacLeay, 1838
Palicus alternatus Rathbun, 1897Labile stilt crab
Palicus faxoni Rathbun, 1897Finned stilt crab
Paratylodiplax algoensis Barnard, 1954
Uca pugnax Smith, 1870Atlantic marsh fiddler

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
FamilyCamptandriidae
Stimpson, 1858
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalicidae
Bouvier, 1898
Stilt crabs
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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