Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Ocypodoidea for Cape Point (Cape Peninsula)

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

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	102 222 278	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	102 222 278	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	55 131 194	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	54 129 192	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	48 115 173	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	26 76 109	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	23 70 101	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	4 8 13	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Cape Point
2 Families width 3 Species

Palicidae Bouvier, 1898	Stilt crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815	Fiddler crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Cape Point
2 Genera with 3 Species

Palicus Philippi, 1897		2	Species	Taxom
Uca Leach, 1870	Fiddler crab	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Cape Point
3 Species

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Cape Point

Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Palicidae 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