Ocypodoidea
Encyclopedia
Ocypodoidea is a superfamily
of crab
s, named after the genus Ocypode
. It contains over 300 extant species in the following eight families:
Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, rank is the level in a taxonomic hierarchy. Examples of taxonomic ranks are species, genus, family, and class. Each rank subsumes under it a number of less general categories...
of crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s, named after the genus Ocypode
Ghost crab
Ghost crabs, also called sand crabs, are crabs of the genus Ocypode, common shore crabs in many countries. Characteristics of the genus include one claw being larger than the other, but this difference is not as marked as in male fiddler crabs....
. It contains over 300 extant species in the following eight families:
- Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858
- DotillidaeDotillidaeDotillidae is a family of crabs. It comprises 59 species, nearly half of which are in the genus Ilyoplax. The two genera Scopimera and Dotilla are collectively the sand bubbler crabs, which leave conspicuous collections of sand pellets on sandy beaches across the tropical and sub-tropical...
Stimpson, 1858 - Heloeciidae H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
- Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851
- Mictyridae Dana, 1851
- OcypodidaeOcypodidaeOcypodidae is a family of 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....
Rafinesque, 1815 - Ucididae Števčić, 2005
- Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858