Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Ocypodoidea for Montserrat (Leeward Islands)

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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Montserrat (Leeward Islands)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	50 63 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	50 63 73	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	35 45 56	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	35 45 56	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	31 39 50	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	13 18 20	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	12 17 19	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	5 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 2 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Montserrat
2 Families width 3 Species

Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815	Fiddler crabs	2	Species	Taxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898	Stilt crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Montserrat
2 Genera with 3 Species

Ocypode Weber, 1787	Ghost Crab	2	Species	Taxom
Palicus Philippi, 1880		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Montserrat
3 Species

Ocypode albicans (Bosc, 1802)	⇒ Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787	Atlantic ghost crab
Palicus gracilipes A. Milne-Edw..., 1880

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Montserrat

Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	1 2	Genus 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