Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Ocypodoidea for Milne Bay (Papua Region, Papua New Guinea)

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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Milne Bay (Papua Region, Papua New Guinea)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	25 46 40	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	25 46 40	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	19 36 31	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	19 36 31	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	18 35 30	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	13 24 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	13 24 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	4 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Milne Bay
2 Families width 2 Species

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

Genera for Milne Bay
2 Genera with 2 Species

Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1822		1	Species	Taxom
Ocypode Weber, 1818	Ghost Crab	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Milne Bay
2 Species

Macrophthalmus (Venitus) latreillei (Desmarest, 1822)	⇒ Venitus latreillei Desmarest, 1822
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818	Smooth-handed Ghost Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Milne Bay

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

Links, sources and further information

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