81 Species in Family Ocypodidae
Nominal species list for Ocypodidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Austruca citrus Shih & Poupin, 2020
Austruca iranica (Pretzmann, 1971)
Austruca mjoebergi (Rathbun, 1924)
Gelasimus borealis (Crane, 1975)
Gelasimus dampieri (Crane, 1975)
Gelasimus hesperiae (Crane, 1975)
Gelasimus vocans (Linnaeus, 1758) Orange fiddler crab
Minuca victoriana (von Hagen, 1987)
Ocypode africana De Man, 1881 African ghost crab
Ocypode brevicornis Milne Edwards, 1837
Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772) Horned ghost crab
Ocypode convexa Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Golden ghost crab
Ocypode cordimanus Desmarest, 1825 Smooth eyed ghost crab
Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) Tufted ghost crab
Ocypode fabricii Milne Edwards, 1837
Ocypode gaudichaudii Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843 Painted ghost crab
Ocypode jousseaumei (Nobili, 1905)
Ocypode kuhlii De Haan, 1835
Ocypode macrocera Milne Edwards, 1852
Ocypode madagascariensis Crosnier, 1965
Ocypode mortoni George, 1982
Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, 1846 Pallid ghost crab
Ocypode pauliani Crosnier, 1965
Ocypode platytarsis Milne Edwards, 1852
Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) Atlantic ghost crab
Ocypode rotundata Miers, 1882 Rounded ghost crab
Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1880 Pink ghost crab
Ocypode saratan (Forskål, 1775)
Ocypode stimpsoni Ortmann, 1897
Paraleptuca splendida (Stimpson, 1858)
Tubuca acuta (Stimpson, 1858)
Tubuca capricornis (Crane, 1975)
Tubuca elegans (George & Jones, 1982)
Tubuca flammula (Crane, 1975)
Tubuca hirsutimanus (George & Jones, 1982)
Tubuca polita (Crane, 1975)
Tubuca seismella (Crane, 1975)
Tubuca signata (Hess, 1865)
Uca annulipes (Milne-Edwards, 1837) Porcelain fiddler crab
Uca arcuata (De Haan, 1835)
Uca burgersi Holthuis, 1967 Saltpan fiddler
Uca chlorophthalmus (Milne-Edwards, 1837)
Uca coarctata (Milne-Edwards, 1852)
Uca crassipes (White, 1847)
Uca crenulata (Lockington, 1877) Mexican fiddler
Uca cumulanta Crane, 1943 Heaping fiddler crab
Uca dussumieri (Milne-Edwards, 1852) Purple fiddler crab
Uca forcipata (Adams & White, 1849)
Uca inversa (Hoffman, 1874)
Uca lactea (De Haan, 1835)
Uca leptodactyla Rathbun, 1898 Marbled fiddler
Uca longisignalis Salmon & Atsaides, 1968 Gulf marsh fiddler
Uca major Herbst, 1782
Uca maracoani (Latreille, 1802) Brazilian fiddler crab
Uca marguerita Thurman, 1981 Olmec fiddler
Uca minax (Le Conte, 1855) Redjointed fiddler
Uca mordax (Smith, 1870)
Uca neocultrimana Bott, 1973
Uca panacea Novak & Salmon, 1974 Gulf sand fiddler
Uca paradussumieri Bott, 1973 Purple fiddler
Uca perplexa (Milne-Edwards, 1837) Lemon clawed fiddler crab
Uca pugilator (Bosc, 1802) Atlantic sand fiddler
Uca pugnax (Smith, 1870) Atlantic marsh fiddler
Uca rapax (Smith, 1870) Mudflat fiddler
Uca rhizophorae Tweedie, 1950
Uca rosea (Tweedie, 1937) Rosy fiddler crab
Uca sindensis (Alcock, 1900) Indus fiddler crab
Uca speciosa (Ives, 1891) Longfinger fiddler
Uca spinicarpa Rathbun, 1900 Spined fiddler
Uca subcylindrica (Stimpson, 1851) Laguna madre fiddler
Uca tangeri (Eydoux, 1835) West African fiddler crab
Uca tetragonon (Herbst, 1790) Fiddler crab
Uca thayeri Rathbun, 1900 Mangrove fiddler
Uca triangularis (Milne-Edwards, 1873)
Uca uruguayensis Nobili, 1901
Uca urvillei (Milne Edwards, 1852)
Uca virens Salmon & Atsaides, 1968
Uca vocator (Herbst, 1804) Hairback fiddler
Uca vomeris McNeill, 1920
Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763) Mangrove crab
Ucides occidentalis (Ortmann, 1897) Mangrove ghost crab
Back to Search
Back to top