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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Whitsunday (North Queensland, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
62
143
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
62
143
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
50
127
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
50
127
190
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
49
124
185
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
29
90
124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
28
89
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
16
17
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
4
6
6
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Whitsunday
4 Families width 6 Species
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs2SpeciesTaxom
Camptandriidae Stimpson, 18581SpeciesTaxom
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Whitsunday
6 Genera with 6 Species
Chaenostoma Stimpson, 18261SpeciesTaxom
Crossotonotus A. Milne-Edw..., 18881SpeciesTaxom
Nanusia C. G. S. Tan..., 19681SpeciesTaxom
Neopalicus Moosa & Serène, 18471SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1772Ghost Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1920Fiddler crab1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Whitsunday
6 Species
Chaenostoma boscii Audouin, 1826
Crossotonotus spinipes De Man, 1888
Nanusia starmuehlneri Pretzmann, 1968
Neopalicus jukesii White, 1847
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Uca (Gelasimus) vomeris McNeill, 1920

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

Taxom

FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalicidae
Bouvier, 1898
Stilt crabs
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom



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