Ocypodoidea

Ocypodoidea
Ocypode cordimana
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Subsection:	Thoracotremata
Superfamily:	Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815

The Ocypodoidea, or ocypoid crabs, are a superfamily of crabs, named after the genus Ocypode. It contains the following families:[1][2]

• Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858
• Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858
• Heloeciidae H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
• Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851
• Mictyridae Dana, 1851
• Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815
• Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858

References

1. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
2. Boyko, Christopher B. (5 September 2022). "Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 October 2024.