Ocypodidae

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Ocypodidae
Ocypode quadrata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Ocypodoidea
Family: Ocypodidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Subfamilies
  • Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815
  • Ucinae Dana, 1851

Ocypodidae is a family of semi-terrestrial crabs that includes the ghost crabs and fiddler crabs. Other genera previously included in the family are now treated as members of separate families in the superfamily Ocypodoidea, such as Ucididae, Dotillidae and Macrophthalmidae.

They currently include two subfamilies and three genera:[1][2]

  • Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815
    • Ocypode Weber, 1795
    • Hoplocypode Sakai & Türkay, 2013
  • Ucinae Dana, 1851
    • Uca Leach, 1814

References

  1. Katsushi Sakai & Michael Türkay (2013). "Revision of the genus Ocypode with the description of a new genus, Hoplocypode (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum – Nature 56 (2): 665–793. 
  2. Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. 
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