Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Ocypodoidea for Lesser Antilles (Antilles)

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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Lesser Antilles (Antilles)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	115 257 382	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	115 257 382	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	78 198 303	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	78 198 303	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	71 182 278	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	34 88 112	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	31 83 104	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	8 25 28	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Lesser Antilles
2 Families width 7 Species

Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815	Fiddler crabs	6	Species	Taxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Lesser Antilles
6 Genera with 7 Species

Species list for Lesser Antilles
7 Species

Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)	⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) grandidieri A. Milne-Edw..., 1867
Minuca rapax Smith, 1870	Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edw..., 1843	Cart Driver Crab
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787	Atlantic ghost crab
Paraleptuca chlorophthalmus H. Milne Edw..., 1837	Green-eyed Fiddler Crab
Tubuca urvillei H. Milne Edw..., 1852

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Lesser Antilles

Family	Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	5 6	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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