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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Mombasa County (Coast Province, Kenya)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
67
145
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
67
145
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
52
119
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
52
119
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
49
110
174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
24
58
88
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
23
57
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
7
16
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
7
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Mombasa County
3 Families width 12 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 18582SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Mombasa County
7 Genera with 12 Species
Austruca Bott, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Chaenostoma Stimpson, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Cranuca Beinlich & V..., 18741SpeciesTaxom
Dotilla De Haan, 1775Sand bubbler crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1880Ghost Crab4SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 18521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Mombasa County
12 Species
Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837Fiddler Crab
Chaenostoma boscii Audouin, 1826
Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874Inversed Fiddler Crab
Dotilla fenestrata Hilgendorf, 1869
Dotilla sulcata Forskål, 1775Sand Bubbler Crab
Gelasimus hesperiae Crane, 1975
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1880
Tubuca urvillei H. Milne Edw..., 1852

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Mombasa County
FamilyDotillidae
Stimpson, 1858
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
5
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



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