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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Tamil Nadu (South India, India)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
92
200
322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
92
200
322
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
44
110
212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
44
110
212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
40
99
182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
27
68
111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
24
63
105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
19
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
6
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Tamil Nadu
3 Families width 12 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs8SpeciesTaxom
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 18583SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Tamil Nadu
6 Genera with 12 Species
Austruca Bott, 18732SpeciesTaxom
Baruna Stebbing, 19041SpeciesTaxom
Dotilla De Haan, 1852Sand bubbler crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1852Ghost Crab5SpeciesTaxom
Scopimera De Haan, 1919Sand bubbler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 18521SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Tamil Nadu
12 Species
Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837Fiddler Crab
Austruca triangularis A. Milne-Edw..., 1873
Baruna socialis Stebbing, 1904
Dotilla intermedia De Man, 1888
Dotilla myctiroides H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Ocypode brevicornis H. Milne Edw..., 1837Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edw..., 1852Red ghost crab
Scopimera pilula Kemp, 1919
Tubuca urvillei H. Milne Edw..., 1852

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Tamil Nadu
FamilyCamptandriidae
Stimpson, 1858
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyDotillidae
Stimpson, 1858
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
3
8
Genera
Species

Taxom



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