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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Costa Rica (Central America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
193
509
918
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
193
509
918
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
90
298
668
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
89
295
661
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
83
273
608
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
40
150
323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
144
314
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
32
116
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
7
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Costa Rica
2 Families width 64 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs62SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Costa Rica
7 Genera with 64 Species
Leptuca Bott, 194117SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 19418SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1787Ghost Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Palicus Philippi, 18932SpeciesTaxom
Petruca Shih, P.K.L...., 18591SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1941Fiddler crab30SpeciesTaxom
Ucides Rathbun, 18971SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Costa Rica
64 Species
Leptuca batuenta Crane, 1941
Leptuca beebei Crane, 1941
Leptuca deichmanni Rathbun, 1935
Leptuca inaequalis Rathbun, 1935
Leptuca latimanus Rathbun, 1894
Leptuca limicola Crane, 1941
Leptuca musica Rathbun, 1914
Leptuca oerstedi Rathbun, 1904
Leptuca pygmaea Crane, 1941
Leptuca saltitanta Crane, 1941
Leptuca speciosa Ives, 1891
Leptuca stenodactylus H. Milne Edw..., 1843
Leptuca tenuipedis Crane, 1941
Leptuca terpsichores Crane, 1941
Leptuca thayeri Rathbun, 1900Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab
Leptuca tomentosa Crane, 1941
Leptuca umbratila (Crane, 1941)⇒ Minuca umbratila Crane, 1941
Minuca argillicola Crane, 1941
Minuca brevifrons Stimpson, 1860
Minuca ecuadoriensis Maccagno, 1928
Minuca herradurensis Bott, 1954
Minuca osa Landstorfer ..., 2010
Minuca rapax Smith, 1870Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Minuca vocator Herbst, 1804
Minuca zacae Crane, 1941
Ocypode cursor Linnaeus, 1758Tufted ghost crab
Ocypode gaudichaudi H. Milne Edw..., 1843
Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1843Cart Driver Crab
Ocypode occidentalis Stimpson, 1860
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787Atlantic ghost crab
Palicus fragilis Rathbun, 1894
Palicus tuberculata Faxon, 1893
Petruca panamensis Stimpson, 1859
Uca (Minuca) thayeri Rathbun, 1900Atlantic mangrove fiddler
Uca (Minuca) vocator Herbst, 1804Atlantic hairback fiddler
Uca argillicola Crane, 1941
Uca batuenta Crane, 1941
Uca beebei Crane, 1941
Uca brevifrons Stimpson, 1860
Uca deichmanni Rathbun, 1935
Uca ecuadoriensis Maccagno, 1928
Uca galapagensis Rathbun, 1902Galápagos fiddler crab
Uca herradurensis Bott, 1954
Uca heteropleura Smith, 1870
Uca inaequalis Rathbun, 1935
Uca insignis H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Uca latimanus Rathbun, 1894
Uca limicola Crane, 1941
Uca musica Rathbun, 1914
Uca oerstedi Rathbun, 1904
Uca osa Landstorfer ..., 2010
Uca panamensis Stimpson, 1859
Uca princeps Smith, 1870Greater Mexican Fiddler Crab
Uca pygmaea Crane, 1941
Uca saltitanta Crane, 1941
Uca schmitti (Crane, 1943)⇒ Uca ecuadoriensis Maccagno, 1928
Uca stenodactylus H. Milne Edw..., 1843
Uca stylifera H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Uca tenuipedis Crane, 1941
Uca terpsichores Crane, 1941
Uca tomentosa Crane, 1941
Uca umbratila Crane, 1941
Uca zacae Crane, 1941
Ucides occidentalis Ortmann, 1897Pacific Mangrove Ghost Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Costa Rica
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
6
62
Genera
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