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Ocypodoidea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraorder
  
Brachyura

Subsection
  
Thoracotremata

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Superfamily

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Section
  
Eubrachyura

Scientific name
  
Ocypodoidea

Higher classification
  
Thoracotremata

Order
  
Decapoda

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Lower classifications
  
Ocypodidae, Fiddler crab, Ocypodinae, Ucides, Palicus

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:

  • 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

    Ocypodoidea Wikipedia