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Ocypodinae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ocypodidae

Taxonomy
Ocypodinae was named by Rafinesque (1815). It is extant. Its type is Ocypode.

It was assigned to Ocypodidae by Garassino et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Subtaxa
Ocypode (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1815Ocypodinae Rafinesque
2010Ocypodinae Garassino et al. p. 139
2010Ocypodinae Schweitzer et al. p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—ThoracotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyOcypodoideaRafinesque 1815
familyOcypodidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOcypodinaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyOcypodinaeRafinesque 1815

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Ocypodinae Rafinesque 1815
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G. Ocypode Weber 1795 [ghost crab]
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Subg. Ocypode (Elamene) Milne Edwards 1837
Ocypode africana De Man 1881
Ocypode cursor Linnaeus 1758
†Ocypode italica Garassino et al. 2010
Ocypode quadrata Fabricius 1787
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Invalid names: Ocypode albicans Bosc 1802 [synonym]
†Ocypode vericoncava Casadio et al. 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:26:14
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:50:23
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Florida) Ocypode quadrata (143588)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Chubut) Ocypode vericoncava (57051)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Tuscany) Ocypode italica (127507)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Ocypode sp. (57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Florida) Ocypode quadrata (92936 92940 92941)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Ocypode gaudichaudii (146569)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Ocypoda occidentalis (147227)