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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region North Mexico (Mexico)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
228
718
1494
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
227
717
1493
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
112
429
1019
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
111
423
1005
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
103
400
947
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
55
244
478
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
49
228
450
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
11
45
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
6
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for North Mexico
2 Families width 27 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs23SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs4SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North Mexico
6 Genera with 27 Species
Leptuca Bott, 18437SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 19417SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1787Ghost Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Palicus Philippi, 18944SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1859Fiddler crab5SpeciesTaxom
Ucides Rathbun, 18972SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Mexico
27 Species
Leptuca coloradensis Rathbun, 1893
Leptuca crenulata Lockington, 1877California Fiddler Crab
Leptuca latimanus Rathbun, 1894
Leptuca musica Rathbun, 1914
Leptuca panacea Novak & Salmon, 1974
Leptuca spinicarpa Rathbun, 1900
Leptuca stenodactylus H. Milne Edw..., 1843
Minuca argillicola Crane, 1941
Minuca brevifrons Stimpson, 1860
Minuca marguerita Thurman, 1981
Minuca mordax Smith, 1870Smith's Fiddler Crab
Minuca rapax Smith, 1870Atlantic Marsh Fiddler Crab
Minuca vocator Herbst, 1804
Minuca zacae Crane, 1941
Ocypode occidentalis Stimpson, 1860
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787Atlantic ghost crab
Palicus cortezi Crane, 1937
Palicus fragilis Rathbun, 1894
Palicus lucasii Rathbun, 1898Grapsoid crab
Palicus zonatus Rathbun, 1894
Uca galapagensis Rathbun, 1902Galápagos fiddler crab
Uca monilifera Rathbun, 1914
Uca princeps Smith, 1870Greater Mexican Fiddler Crab
Uca pugnax Smith, 1870Atlantic marsh fiddler
Uca subcylindrica Stimpson, 1859Laguna Madre fiddler
Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763Swamp ghost crab
Ucides occidentalis Ortmann, 1897Pacific Mangrove Ghost Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in North Mexico
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
5
23
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalicidae
Bouvier, 1898
Stilt crabs
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom



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