List of Nominal Species of Ocypodidae
(fiddler and ghost crabs)
Nominal Species (n = 53) Present allocation (n = 47) Ref.
Gelasimus acuta Stimpson, 1858 Tubuca acuta 3477
Ocypode africana De Man, 1881 Ocypode africana 435
Ocypode brevicornis Milne Edwards, 1837 Ocypode brevicornis 3477
Uca burgersi Holthuis, 1967 Uca burgersi 19
Uca capricornis Crane, 1975 Tubuca capricornis 3477
Austruca citrus Shih & Poupin, 2020 Austruca citrus 3477
Ocypode convexa Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Ocypode convexa 3477
Ocypode cordimanus Desmarest, 1825 Ocypode cordimanus 3477
Uca cumulanta Crane, 1943 Uca cumulanta 19
Uca dampieri Crane, 1975 Gelasimus dampieri 3477
Uca dussumieri spinata Crane, 1975 Uca paradussumieri 3477
Uca elegans George & Jones, 1982 Tubuca elegans 3477
Ocypode fabricii Milne Edwards, 1837 Ocypode fabricii 3477
Uca flammula Crane, 1975 Tubuca flammula 3477
Uca gaimardi Milne-Edwards, 1852 Uca chlorophthalmus 3477
Uca hesperiae Crane, 1975 Gelasimus hesperiae 3477
Uca hirsutimanus George & Jones, 1982 Tubuca hirsutimanus 3477
Uca iranica Pretzmann, 1971 Austruca iranica 3477
Ocypoda kuhlii De Haan, 1835 Ocypode kuhlii 89308
Ocypode kuhlii De Haan, 1835 Ocypode kuhlii 3477
Uca leptodactyla Rathbun, 1898 Uca leptodactyla 19
Uca longisignalis Salmon & Atsaides, 1968 Uca longisignalis 19
Ocypode macrocera Milne Edwards, 1852 Ocypode macrocera 3477
Ocypode madagascariensis Crosnier, 1965 Ocypode madagascariensis 3477
Uca major Herbst, 1782 Uca major 100230
Uca marguerita Thurman, 1981 Uca marguerita 19
Gelasimus marionis Desmarest, 1823 Gelasimus vocans 3477
Uca mjoebergi Rathbun, 1924 Austruca mjoebergi 3477
Ocypode mortoni George, 1982 Ocypode mortoni 3477
Uca neocultrimana Bott, 1973 Uca neocultrimana 100230
Ocypode pallidula Jacquinot, 1846 Ocypode pallidula 19
Uca panacea Novak & Salmon, 1974 Uca panacea 19
Uca paradussumieri Bott, 1973 Uca paradussumieri 3477
Ocypode pauliani Crosnier, 1965 Ocypode pauliani 100230
Ocypode platytarsis Milne Edwards, 1852 Ocypode platytarsis 3477
Uca polita Crane, 1975 Tubuca polita 3477
Ocypode portonovoensis Prem Kumar & Tiwari, 1964 Ocypode macrocera 3477
Uca rhizophorae Tweedie, 1950 Uca rhizophorae 81559
Ocypode rotundata Miers, 1882 Ocypode rotundata 3477
Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1880 Ocypode ryderi 3477
Uca seismella Crane, 1975 Tubuca seismella 3477
Uca spinata Crane, 1975 Uca paradussumieri 81559
Uca spinicarpa Rathbun, 1900 Uca spinicarpa 19
Gelasimus splendidus Stimpson, 1858 Paraleptuca splendida 3477
Ocypoda stimpsoni Ortmann, 1897 Ocypode stimpsoni 3477
Ocypode stimpsoni Ortmann, 1897 Ocypode stimpsoni 3477
Uca thayeri Rathbun, 1900 Uca thayeri 19
Uca uruguayensis Nobili, 1901 Uca uruguayensis 3477
Uca victoriana von Hagen, 1987 Minuca victoriana 3477
Uca virens Salmon & Atsaides, 1968 Uca virens 19
Cancer vocans Linnaeus, 1758 Gelasimus vocans 3477
Uca vocans borealis Crane, 1975 Gelasimus borealis 3477
Uca vomeris McNeill, 1920 Uca vomeris 100230
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