Ocypodidae
The Ocypodidae are a family of semiterrestrial crabs that includes the ghost crabs and fiddler crabs. They are found on tropical and temperate shorelines around the world.
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| Leptuca pugilator, Florida | |
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| Ocypode quadrata, Florida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 |
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Some genera previously included in the family are now treated as members of separate families in the superfamily Ocypodoidea, such as the Dotillidae and Macrophthalmidae. In 2016, the genus Uca was split into 13 genera by elevating its subgenera to genus rank, among other things.[1] Further refinements have been made to the organization of the family, which has 4 subfamilies, about 13 extant genera, and about 180 described species as of 2020.[2][3][4]
The majority of the Ocypodidae species are fiddler crabs, the exceptions being the members of the genus Ocypode, ghost crabs, and the genus Ucides, mangrove crabs.[2][3]
Genera
These genera belong to the family Ocypodidae:[2][5][6]
- Afruca Crane, 1975
- Austruca Bott, 1973
- Cranuca Beinlich & von Hagen, 2006
- Gelasimus Stimpson 1862
- Leptuca Bott, 1973
- Minuca Bott, 1954
- Ocypode Weber, 1795 - (ghost crabs)
- Paraleptuca Bott, 1973
- Petruca N.g.Shih & Christy, 2015
- Tubuca Bott, 1973
- Uca Leach, 1814
- Ucides Rathbun, 1897 - (mangrove crabs)
- Xeruca Shih, 2015
- † Chondromaia Feldmann, et al., 2013
- † Eoinachoides Van Straelan, 1933
- † Micromaia Bittner, 1875
- † Mithracia Bell, 1858
- † Nanomaja Müller & Collins, 1991
- † Panticarcinus Collins & Saward, 2006
- † Periacanthus Bittner, 1875
- † Pisomaja Lorenthey, 1929
- † Wilsonimaia Blow & Manning, 1996
References
- Shih, Hsi-Te; Ng, Peter K. L.; Davie, Peter J. F.; Schubart, Christoph D.; et al. (2016). "Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64.
- Rosenberg, Michael S. (2019). "A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 39 (6).
- "WoRMS taxon details, Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- "Ocypodidae". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
- 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.
- "Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque 1815 (crab)". Paleo DB, Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 2020-11-15.
Further reading
- Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede (1893). A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton.