Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Ocypodoidea for South Orkney Islands (Antarctic Islands)

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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region South Orkney Islands (Antarctic Islands)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	67 132 168	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	67 132 168	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	22 38 45	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	21 37 42	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	20 36 41	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	14 28 31	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	14 28 31	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	4 4 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	2 2 2	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for South Orkney Islands
2 Families width 2 Species

Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851		1	Species	Taxom
Ocypodidae (Rafinesque, 1815)	Fiddler crabs	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for South Orkney Islands
2 Genera with 2 Species

Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1839		1	Species	Taxom
Ocypode Weber, 1772	Ghost Crab	1	Species	Taxom

Species list for South Orkney Islands
2 Species

Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) telescopicus Owen, 1839
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)	⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in South Orkney Islands

Family	Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Ocypodoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Ocypodoidea at itis.gov
Ocypodoidea at marinespecies.org