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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Oceania (Continents)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
507
3836
16565
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
502
3827
16544
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
192
1775
9092
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
189
1764
9021
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
179
1695
8603
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
101
987
3966
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
88
894
3684
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
18
163
736
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
8
47
250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Oceania
8 Families width 250 Species and 4 Subspecies
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 185812SpeciesTaxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 185813SpeciesTaxom
Heloeciidae H. Milne-Edw..., 18521SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 185154SpeciesTaxom
Mictyridae Dana, 18516SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs116SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs47SpeciesTaxom
Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Oceania
FamilyCamptandriidae
Stimpson, 1858
7
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDotillidae
Stimpson, 1858
5
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyHeloeciidae
H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
9
54
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMictyridae
Dana, 1851
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
11
116
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalicidae
Bouvier, 1898
Stilt crabs
12
47
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyXenophthalmidae
Stimpson, 1858
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



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