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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region United Arab Emirates (Near East)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
58
141
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
58
141
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
41
117
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
41
117
184
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
39
113
180
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
23
70
111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
22
69
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
8
15
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
4
9
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for United Arab Emirates
4 Families width 18 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs12SpeciesTaxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18514SpeciesTaxom
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom


Genera for United Arab Emirates
9 Genera with 18 Species
Austruca Bott, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Cranuca Beinlich & V..., 18741SpeciesTaxom
Dotilla De Haan, 1775Sand bubbler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 18772SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 18674SpeciesTaxom
Nasima Manning, 19001SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1775Ghost Crab2SpeciesTaxom
Scopimera De Haan, 1833
Sand bubbler crabs0SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1971Fiddler crab5SpeciesTaxom


Species list for United Arab Emirates
18 Species
Austruca albimana Kossmann, 1877
Austruca iranica Pretzmann, 1971
Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874Inversed Fiddler Crab
Dotilla sulcata Forskål, 1775Sand Bubbler Crab
Gelasimus hesperiae Crane, 1975
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) abbreviatus Manning & Ho..., 1981Osagani Crab
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) sulcatus H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) depressus Rüppell, 1830Long Eyestalk Crab
Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) laevis A. Milne-Edw..., 1867
Nasima dotilliformis Alcock, 1900
Ocypode rotundata Miers, 1882
Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775Red Sea Ghost Crab
Uca (Cranuca) inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Uca (Gelasimus) tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Uca albimana Kossmann, 1877
Uca hesperiae Crane, 1975
Uca iranica Pretzmann, 1971

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in United Arab Emirates
FamilyCamptandriidae
Stimpson, 1858
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyDotillidae
Stimpson, 1858
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
5
12
Genera
Species

Taxom



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