Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Ocypodoidea for Western Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean)

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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Western Indian Ocean (Indian Ocean)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	53 117 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	53 117 161	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Eucarida Calman, 1904	48 109 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Decapoda Latreille, 1802 Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns	48 109 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Pleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963	46 107 149	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Brachyura Linnaeus, 1758 Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs	25 52 71	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Section	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980	23 49 68	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subsection	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977	6 7 10	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815	3 4 5	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Western Indian Ocean
3 Families width 5 Species

Genera for Western Indian Ocean
4 Genera with 5 Species

Species list for Western Indian Ocean
5 Species

Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837	Fiddler Crab
Exopalicus maculatus Edmondson, 1930	Button Crab
Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) depressus Rüppell, 1830	Long Eyestalk Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)	⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775	Red Sea Ghost Crab

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Western Indian Ocean

Family	Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 Stilt crabs	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

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