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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
54
128
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
54
128
163
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
40
103
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
40
103
133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
39
95
118
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
24
68
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
23
67
80
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
5
9
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
5
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Papua Region
2 Families width 11 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae (Dana, 1851)2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Papua Region
5 Genera with 11 Species
Gelasimus Latreille, 19731SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 18222SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1818Ghost Crab3SpeciesTaxom
Paraleptuca Bott, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1847Fiddler crab4SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua Region
11 Species
Gelasimus neocultrimanus Bott, 1973
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Macrophthalmus (Venitus) latreillei (Desmarest, 1822)⇒ Venitus latreillei Desmarest, 1822
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Paraleptuca crassipes White, 1847Scarlet Fiddler Crab
Uca (Gelasimus) neocultrimana Bott, 1973
Uca (Gelasimus) tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Uca (Gelasimus) vomeris McNeill, 1920
Uca (Paraleptuca) crassipes White, 1847Thick-legged Fiddler Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Papua Region
FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
4
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



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