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Ocypode Weber, 1795 
AphiaID: 106970

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Thoracotremata (Subsection) > Ocypodoidea (Superfamily) > Ocypodidae (Family) > Ocypodinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815
Synonymised
taxa		  Monolepis Say, 1817
 Ocypoda Lamarck, 1801 (incorrect spelling)
Sources  basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record: Hartnoll, R.G. (1975). The Grapsidae and Ocypodidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Tanzania. J. Zool. London 177, 305-328 [details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Norwegian Bokmål spydmeldeslekta (from synonym)  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk spydmeldeslekta (from synonym)  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subgenus Ocypode (Chasmagnathus)
  » Species Ocypode (Chasmagnathus) convexus De Haan, 1835 accepted as Chasmagnathus convexus (De Haan, 1835)
Subgenus Ocypode (Cleistostoma)
  » Species Ocypode (Cleistostoma) dilatatum De Haan, 1833 accepted as Cleistostoma dilatatum (De Haan, 1833)
» Species Ocypode (Cleistostoma) pusilla De Haan, 1835 accepted as Ilyoplax pusilla (De Haan, 1835)
Subgenus Ocypode (Gelasimus)
  » Species Ocypode (Gelasimus) arcuata De Haan, 1835 accepted as Uca (Tubuca) arcuata (De Haan, 1835)
» Species Ocypode (Gelasimus) lactea De Haan, 1835 accepted as Uca (Austruca) lactea (De Haan, 1835)
Subgenus Ocypode (Helice)
  » Species Ocypode (Helice) tridens De Haan, 1835 accepted as Helice tridens (De Haan, 1835)
Subgenus Ocypode (Macrophthalmus)
  » Species Ocypode (Macrophthalmus) dilatata De Haan, 1835 accepted as Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) abbreviatus Manning & Holthuis, 1981
Subgenus Ocypode (Mictyris)
  » Species Ocypode (Mictyris) deflexifrons De Haan, 1835 accepted as Mictyris longicarpus Latreille, 1806
Subgenus Ocypode (Scopimera)
  » Species Ocypode (Scopimera) globosa De Haan, 1835 accepted as Scopimera globosa (De Haan, 1835)
Subgenus Ocypode (Sesarma)
  » Species Ocypode (Sesarma) reticulatum Say, 1817 accepted as Sesarma reticulatum (Say, 1817)
Species Ocypode africana de Man, 1881
Species Ocypode brevicornis H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Species Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)
Species Ocypode convexa Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
Species Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Species Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ocypode fabricii H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Species Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843
Species Ocypode jousseaumei (Nobili, 1905)
Species Ocypode kuhlii De Haan, 1835
Species Ocypode longicornuta Dana, 1852
Species Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1852
Species Ocypode madagascariensis Crosnier, 1965
Species Ocypode mortoni George, 1982
Species Ocypode nobilii de Man, 1902
Species Ocypode occidentalis Stimpson, 1860
Species Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
Species Ocypode pauliani Crosnier, 1965
Species Ocypode platytarsis H. Milne Edwards, 1852
Species Ocypode pygoides Ortmann, 1894
Species Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787)
Species Ocypode rotundata Miers, 1882
Species Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1880
Species Ocypode saratan (Forskål, 1775)
Species Ocypode sinensis Dai, Song & Yang, 1985
Species Ocypode stimpsoni Ortmann, 1897

Species Ocypode aegyptiaca Gerstaecker, 1856 accepted as Ocypode saratan (Forskål, 1775)
Species Ocypode aegyptica Gerstaecker, 1856 accepted as Ocypode saratan (Forskål, 1775)
Species Ocypode albicans Bosc, 1802 accepted as Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787)
Species Ocypode arenarius Say, 1817 accepted as Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787)
Species Ocypode citharoedicus Say, 1817 accepted as Uca (Gelasimus) vocans (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ocypode fossor Latreille, 1802 accepted as Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763)
Species Ocypode gigantea Fréminville, 1835 accepted as Cardisoma guanhumi Latreille, 1828
Species Ocypode ippeus Olivier, 1804 accepted as Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ocypode japonicus De Haan, 1835 accepted as Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) japonicus (De Haan, 1835)
Species Ocypode kuhli de Haan, 1835 accepted as Ocypode kuhlii De Haan, 1835
Species Ocypode laevis Dana, 1852 accepted as Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, in Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
Species Ocypode longimana Latreille, 1803 accepted as Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ocypode madagascarensis Crosnier, 1965 accepted as Ocypode madagascariensis Crosnier, 1965
Species Ocypode maracoani Latreille, 1802 accepted as Uca (Uca) maracoani (Latreille, 1802)
Species Ocypode plicatum Latreille, 1803 accepted as Parasesarma plicatum (Latreille, 1803)
Species Ocypode portonovoensis Kumar & Tiwari, 1964 accepted as Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1852
Species Ocypode rhombea Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787)
Species Ocypode rhombea Weber, 1795 accepted as Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787)
Species Ocypode rubra Fréminville, 1835 accepted as Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ocypode tourlourou Latreille, 1803 accepted as Gecarcinus ruricola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Ocypode urvillei Guérin, 1829 accepted as Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)
Environment marine
Distribution Zanzibar [details]
Links To GenBank
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Image 
Ocypode sp.
Ocypode sp.
added on 2011-10-31 - author: Collection VLIZ
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106970
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2006-09-26 06:56:50Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2009-12-16 08:58:17Z  checked  Davie, Peter
  
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  Citation: Davie, P.; Türkay, M. (2013). Ocypode Weber, 1795. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106970 on 2013-05-22
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