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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Cape York Peninsula (Cook Shire, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
110
224
297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
110
224
297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
66
158
226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
66
158
226
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
60
145
204
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
31
90
122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
30
89
121
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
10
27
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
5
10
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape York Peninsula
4 Families width 19 Species
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18515SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 18583SpeciesTaxom
Mictyridae Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape York Peninsula
8 Genera with 19 Species
Chaenostoma Stimpson, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Ilyoplax Stimpson, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 18393SpeciesTaxom
Mictyris Latreille, 18062SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1818Ghost Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Scopimera De Haan, 1873Sand bubbler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1975Fiddler crab5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape York Peninsula
19 Species
Chaenostoma punctulatus Miers, 1884Smooth Sentinel Crab
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Ilyoplax dentata Ward, 1933
Ilyoplax strigicarpus Davie, 1990
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) convexus Stimpson, 1858Kauila
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) graeffei A. Milne-Edw..., 1873
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) telescopicus Owen, 1839
Mictyris livingstonei McNeill, 1926
Mictyris longicarpus Latreille, 1806Light-blue soldier crab
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Scopimera inflata A. Milne-Edw..., 1873Sand Bubbler
Uca (Gelasimus) vomeris McNeill, 1920
Uca (Paraleptuca) perplexa (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Uca perplexa H. Milne Edw..., 1837
Uca hirsutimanus George & Jones, 1982
Uca polita Crane, 1975
Uca seismella Crane, 1975

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Cape York Peninsula
FamilyDotillidae
Stimpson, 1858
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMictyridae
Dana, 1851
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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