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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Mariana Islands (Micronesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
97
327
613
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
96
326
612
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
77
299
584
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
76
297
581
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
72
290
569
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
35
169
308
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
32
164
301
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
35
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
6
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mariana Islands
3 Families width 11 Species
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs6SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae (Dana, 1851)3SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mariana Islands
6 Genera with 11 Species
Crossotonotus A. Milne-Edw..., 18881SpeciesTaxom
Exopalicus Castro, 19301SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 18223SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1846Ghost Crab3SpeciesTaxom
Paraleptuca Bott, 18471SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mariana Islands
11 Species
Crossotonotus spinipes De Man, 1888
Exopalicus maculatus Edmondson, 1930Button Crab
Gelasimus jocelynae Shih, Naruse..., 2010Jocelyn's Fiddler Crab
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) convexus Stimpson, 1858Kauila
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) serenei Takeda & Komai, 1991
Macrophthalmus (Venitus) latreillei (Desmarest, 1822)⇒ Venitus latreillei Desmarest, 1822
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, 1846Pallid ghost crab
Paraleptuca crassipes White, 1847Scarlet Fiddler Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Mariana Islands
FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalicidae
Bouvier, 1898
Stilt crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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