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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Portugal (Iberian Peninsula)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
219
571
1249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
219
571
1249
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
87
261
563
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
86
253
531
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
79
223
471
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
37
107
206
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
32
100
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
8
24
34
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
2
6
8
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Portugal
2 Families width 8 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs7SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Portugal
6 Genera with 8 Species
Afruca Crane, 18351SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 18042SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1787Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Palicus Philippi, 18281SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1835Fiddler crab2SpeciesTaxom
Ucides Rathbun, 17631SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Portugal
8 Species
Afruca tangeri Eydoux, 1835Barrilete
Minuca mordax Smith, 1870Smith's Fiddler Crab
Minuca vocator Herbst, 1804
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787Atlantic ghost crab
Palicus caronii Roux, 1828
Uca (Cranuca) inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Uca tangeri Eydoux, 1835Lilac Fiddler Crab
Ucides cordatus Linnaeus, 1763Swamp ghost crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Portugal
FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
5
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalicidae
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