Ocypodoidea

Ocypodoidea
Ocypodoidea
Ocypode cordimana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Superfamily: Ocypodoidea
Rafinesque, 1815
Families
  • Camptandriidae
  • Dotillidae
  • Heloeciidae
  • Macrophthalmidae
  • Mictyridae
  • Ocypodidae
  • Ucididae
  • Xenophthalmidae

Ocypodoidea is a superfamily of crabs, named after the genus Ocypode. It contains over 300 extant species in the following eight families:[1]

  • Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858
  • Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858
  • Heloeciidae H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
  • Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851
  • Mictyridae Dana, 1851
  • Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815
  • Ucididae Števčić, 2005
  • Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858

References

  1. ^ 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. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 
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