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Ocypodidae

Synonyms: Gelasimidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Ocypodidae are a family of semiterrestrial 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 the Ucididae, Dotillidae, and Macrophthalmidae. They currently include two subfamilies and three genera: \n* Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815 \n* Ocypode Weber, 1795 \n* Hoplocypode Sakai & Türkay, 2013 \n* Ucinae Dana, 1851 \n* Uca Leach, 1814
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Genus

Afruca (1)
Austruca (14)
Cranuca (1)
Gelasimus (12)
Leptuca (29)
Minuca (18)
Ocypode (Ghost crab) (29)
Paraleptuca (4)
Petruca (1)
Tubuca (23)
Uca (fiddler crabs) (19)
Ucides (2)
Xeruca (1)

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External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0