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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region West India (India)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
56
115
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
56
115
155
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
36
85
122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
36
85
122
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
34
78
111
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
24
58
79
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
23
56
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
8
21
23
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
8
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West India
3 Families width 11 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs9SpeciesTaxom
Dotillidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West India
8 Genera with 11 Species
Austruca Bott, 19002SpeciesTaxom
Dotilla De Haan, 1852Sand bubbler crabs1SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Ilyoplax Stimpson, 1858
0SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 18521SpeciesTaxom
Minuca Bott, 19671SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1787Ghost Crab3SpeciesTaxom
Tubuca Bott, 20181SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West India
11 Species
Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837Fiddler Crab
Austruca sindensis Alcock, 1900
Dotilla myctiroides H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Gelasimus hesperiae Crane, 1975
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) sulcatus H. Milne Edw..., 1852
Minuca burgersi Holthuis, 1967
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius, 1787Atlantic ghost crab
Tubuca alcocki Shih, Chan & Ng, 2018

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in West India
FamilyDotillidae
Stimpson, 1858
2
1
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
5
9
Genera
Species

Taxom



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