IRMNG - Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815

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Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815

IRMNG_ID

110386 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:110386)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Decapoda

Direct children (35)

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Genus Afruca Crane, 1975
Genus Austruca Bott, 1973
Genus Cranuca Beinlich & von Hagen, 2006
Genus Gelasimus Latreille, 1817
Genus Hoplocypode K. Sakai & Türkay, 2013
Genus Leptuca Bott, 1973
Genus Minuca Bott, 1954
Genus Ocypode Weber, 1795
Genus Paraleptuca Bott, 1973
Genus Petruca Shih, Ng & Christy, 2015
Genus Tubuca Bott, 1973
Genus Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Xeruca Shih, 2015
Genus Acanthoplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852 accepted as Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Amphiuca Crane, 1975 accepted as Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Angustuca Rosenberg, 2019 accepted as Tubuca Bott, 1973 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, proposed as subgenus)
Genus Australuca Crane, 1975 accepted as Tubuca Bott, 1973 (currently accepted as subgenus)
Genus Borboruca Crane, 1975 accepted as Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Celuca Crane, 1975 accepted as Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Ceratophthalma McLeay, 1838 accepted as Ocypode Weber, 1795
Genus Cuneatuca Rosenberg, 2019 accepted as Austruca Bott, 1973 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, proposed as subgenus)
Genus Deltuca Crane, 1975 accepted as Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Eurychelus Rathbun, 1917 accepted as Uca Latreille, 1819 accepted as Ucides Rathbun, 1897 (unaccepted > unavailable name, published as synonym, not validated prior to 1961)
Genus Gelasima Latreille, 1818 accepted as Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Gelasinus Hoeven, 1827 accepted as Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Heteruca Bott, 1973 accepted as Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Latuca Bott, 1973 accepted as Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Mesuca Bott, 1973 accepted as Gelasimus Latreille, 1817
Genus Monolepis Say, 1817 accepted as Ocypode Weber, 1795
Genus Ocipode Guérin-Méneville, 1838 accepted as Ocypode Weber, 1795 (misspelling)
Genus Ocypoda Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Ocypode Weber, 1795 (incorrect spelling)
Genus Parocypoda Neumann, 1878 accepted as Ocypode Weber, 1795
Genus Planuca Bott, 1973 accepted as Uca Leach, 1814
Genus Sinduca Rosenberg, 2019 accepted as Austruca Bott, 1973 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, proposed as subgenus)
Genus Thalassuca Crane, 1975 accepted as Gelasimus Latreille, 1817

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110386 on 2025-11-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-07 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

[taxonomic tree] [list species]

[clear cache]

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]

extant flag source De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]

habitat flag source Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

Unreviewed

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Division) > Thoracotremata (Group) > Ocypodoidea (Superfamily) > Ocypodidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Brachyuran crabs, marine and estuarine, amphibious (Parker) [details]

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