Ocypodoidea
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| Ocypode cordimana | |
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| Superfamily: | Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815
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The Ocypodoidea, or ocypoid crabs, are a superfamily of crabs, named after the genus Ocypode. It contains over 300 extant species in these 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
- ^ 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.
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