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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Great Barrier Reef (Queensland, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
155
559
1086
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
153
556
1084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
85
372
795
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
84
367
782
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
78
346
734
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
40
227
452
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
37
213
436
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
11
29
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
6
11
19
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Great Barrier Reef
6 Families width 19 Species
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs3SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18514SpeciesTaxom
Mictyridae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Great Barrier Reef
11 Genera with 19 Species
Crossotonotus A. Milne-Edw..., 18731SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 18734SpeciesTaxom
Mictyris Latreille, 18061SpeciesTaxom
Neopalicus Moosa & Serène, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1846Ghost Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Palicoides Moosa & Serène, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Scopimera De Haan, 1873Sand bubbler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 0Fiddler crab2SpeciesTaxom
Xenophthalmus White, 18461SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Great Barrier Reef
19 Species
Crossotonotus compressipes A. Milne-Edw..., 1873
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) convexus Stimpson, 1858Kauila
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) graeffei A. Milne-Edw..., 1873
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) telescopicus Owen, 1839
Macrophthalmus (Paramareotis) quadratus A. Milne Edw..., 1873
Mictyris longicarpus Latreille, 1806Light-blue soldier crab
Neopalicus jukesii White, 1847
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, 1846Pallid ghost crab
Palicoides whitei Miers, 1884
Scopimera inflata A. Milne-Edw..., 1873Sand Bubbler
Tubuca dussumieri H. Milne Edw..., 1852Dussumier's Fiddler Crab
Uca (Tubuca) dussumieri Milne Edwards, 1852
Uca tetragonum
Xenophthalmus pinnotheroides White, 1846

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Great Barrier Reef
FamilyDotillidae
Stimpson, 1858
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMictyridae
Dana, 1851
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalicidae
Bouvier, 1898
Stilt crabs
3
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyXenophthalmidae
Stimpson, 1858
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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