Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Ocypodoidea for Christmas Island (Australia)

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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Christmas Island (Australia)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	82 179 268	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	81 178 268	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	47 127 217	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	46 124 210	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	43 121 207	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	25 82 133	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	24 80 132	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	8 19 32	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Christmas Island
2 Families width 3 Species

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

Genera for Christmas Island
2 Genera with 3 Species

Crossotonotus A. Milne-Edw..., 1888		1	Species	Taxom
Ocypode Weber, 1772	Ghost Crab	2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Christmas Island
3 Species

Crossotonotus spinipes De Man, 1888
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772	Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)	⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Christmas 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 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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