Ocypodidae

{{Automatic taxobox

| image =Flickr - ggallice - Sand Fiddler (Uca pugilator) - Florida.jpg

| image_caption = Leptuca pugilator, Florida

| image2 = FloridaGhostCrab.jpg

| image2_caption = Ocypode quadrata, Florida

| taxon = Ocypodidae

| authority = Rafinesque, 1815

| subdivision_ranks = Subfamilies

| subdivision =

Gelasiminae Miers, 1886
Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815
Ucidinae Števčić, 2005
Ucinae Dana, 1851

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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.

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. 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.

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.

Genera

These genera belong to the family Ocypodidae:

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

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{{Cite web| title=Ocypodidae

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/4527

| website=GBIF

| access-date=2020-11-15

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{{Cite web| title=WoRMS taxon details, Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815

| url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106773

| website=World Register of Marine Species

| access-date=2020-11-15

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{{Cite web| title=Family Ocypodidae Rafinesque 1815 (crab)

| url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/basicTaxonInfo?taxon_no=68996

| website=Paleo DB, Paleobiology Database

| access-date=2020-11-15

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{{Cite journal

| title = 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

| date = 2016

| last1 = Shih | first1 = Hsi-Te

| last2 = Ng | first2 = Peter K. L.

| last3 = Davie | first3 = Peter J. F.

| last4 = Schubart | first4 = Christoph D.

| last5 = Türkay | first5 = Michael

| last6 = Naderloo | first6 = Reza

| last7 = Jones | first7 = Diana

| last8 = Liu | first8 = Min-Yun

| display-authors = 4

| journal = The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

| volume = 64

| url = https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305766283

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{{Cite journal

| title = A fresh look at the biodiversity lexicon for fiddler crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Ocypodidae). Part 1: Taxonomy

| date = 2019

| last1 = Rosenberg | first1 = Michael S.

| journal = Journal of Crustacean Biology

| volume = 39| issue = 6

| url = https://academic.oup.com/jcb/article/39/6/729/5614985

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Ocypodidae

Genera

References

Further reading