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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region South Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
174
484
799
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
172
481
798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
68
180
284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
68
180
284
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
65
169
270
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
34
92
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
31
78
114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
10
19
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
5
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for South Australia
3 Families width 5 Species
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18513SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom


Genera for South Australia
5 Genera with 5 Species
Chaenostoma Stimpson, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 18522SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1795
Ghost Crab0SpeciesTaxom
Paracleistostoma De Man, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 18521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for South Australia
5 Species
Chaenostoma punctulatus Miers, 1884Smooth Sentinel Crab
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) crassipes H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) setosus H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Paracleistostoma wardi Rathbun, 1926
Tubuca coarctata H. Milne Edw..., 1852Fiddler Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in South Australia
FamilyCamptandriidae
Stimpson, 1858
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom



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