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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Maharashtra (West India, India)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
36
60
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
36
60
73
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
30
52
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
30
52
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
29
48
59
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
21
37
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
20
36
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
7
12
14
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
6
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Maharashtra
3 Families width 8 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs6SpeciesTaxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Maharashtra
6 Genera with 8 Species
Austruca Bott, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Dotilla De Haan, 1852Sand bubbler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1818Ghost Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 20181SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Maharashtra
8 Species
Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837Fiddler Crab
Dotilla myctiroides H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Gelasimus hesperiae Crane, 1975
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) sulcatus H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Tubuca alcocki Shih, Chan & Ng, 2018

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Maharashtra
FamilyDotillidae
Stimpson, 1858
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom



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