Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Ocypodoidea for Matanzas (Cuba)

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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Matanzas (Cuba)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	59 81 109	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	59 81 109	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	51 72 100	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	50 71 97	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	44 62 86	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	23 35 47	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	21 33 45	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	6 13 18	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 5 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Matanzas
2 Families width 7 Species

Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815	Fiddler crabs	6	Species	Taxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898	Stilt crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Matanzas
5 Genera with 7 Species

Species list for Matanzas
7 Species

Leptuca speciosa Ives, 1891
Leptuca thayeri Rathbun, 1900	Atlantic Mangrove Fiddler Crab
Minuca mordax Smith, 1870	Smith's Fiddler Crab
Minuca rapax Smith, 1870	Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787	Atlantic ghost crab
Palicus gracilis Smith, 1883	Delicate stilt crab
Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763	Swamp ghost crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Matanzas

Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	4 6	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 Stilt crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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