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Checklist for Superfamily Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
and region Yemen (Near East)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
112
308
572
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
112
307
570
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
78
240
484
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Decapoda
Latreille, 1802
Crabs, Crayfishes, Decapod, Decapods, Lobsters, Prawns
76
234
461
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Pleocyemata
Burkenroad, 1963
69
212
417
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Brachyura
Linnaeus, 1758
Crabs, Short-tailed crabs, True crabs
35
118
225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Section
 
Eubrachyura
de Saint Laurent, 1980
32
106
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subsection
 
Thoracotremata
Guinot, 1977
9
22
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
3
8
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Yemen
3 Families width 24 Species
Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815Fiddler crabs21SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmidae Dana, 18512SpeciesTaxom
Palicidae Bouvier, 1898Stilt crabs1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Yemen
8 Genera with 24 Species
Austruca Bott, 18372SpeciesTaxom
Chaenostoma Stimpson, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Cranuca Beinlich & V..., 18741SpeciesTaxom
Gelasimus Latreille, 17585SpeciesTaxom
Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Ocypode Weber, 1775Ghost Crab7SpeciesTaxom
Palicoides Moosa & Serène, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Uca Leach, 1975Fiddler crab6SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Yemen
24 Species
Austruca albimana Kossmann, 1877
Austruca annulipes H. Milne Edw..., 1837Fiddler Crab
Chaenostoma sinuspersici Naderloo & T..., 2010
Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874Inversed Fiddler Crab
Gelasimus hesperiae Crane, 1975
Gelasimus inversa (Hoffmann, 1874)⇒ Uca inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Gelasimus smithii (Kingsley, 1880)⇒ Cranuca inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Gelasimus tetragonon (Kossmann, 1877)⇒ Uca tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Gelasimus vocans Linnaeus, 1758Orange Fiddler Crab
Macrophthalmus sinuspersici Naderloo & T..., 2010
Ocypode aegyptiaca (Gerstaecker, 1856)⇒ Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775
Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772Horn-eyed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)⇒ Ocypode ceratophthalma Pallas, 1772
Ocypode cordimana (Latreille, 1818)⇒ Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818Smooth-handed Ghost Crab
Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1880
Ocypode saratan Forskål, 1775Red Sea Ghost Crab
Palicoides whitei Miers, 1884
Uca (Austruca) annulipes H. Milne-Edw..., 1837
Uca (Cranuca) inversa Hoffmann, 1874
Uca (Gelasimus) tetragonon Herbst, 1790
Uca (Paraleptuca) annulipes (H. Milne Edw..., 1837)⇒ Uca annulipes H. Milne-Edw..., 1837
Uca albimana Kossmann, 1877
Uca hesperiae Crane, 1975

Subnodes of Ocypodoidea with occurrences in Yemen
FamilyMacrophthalmidae
Dana, 1851
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyOcypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Fiddler crabs, Fiddler Crabs and Ghost Crabs, Ghost crabs
5
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPalicidae
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