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Ocypode (ghost crab)
Taxonomy
Ocypode was named by Weber (1795) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Ocypodidae, Ocypodoidea, Ocypodinae.
It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Ocypodinae by Garassino et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Ocypodidae by Guérin (1832), Casadio et al. (2005) and Luque et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Ocypodinae by Garassino et al. (2010) and Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Ocypodidae by Guérin (1832), Casadio et al. (2005) and Luque et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1795 | Ocypode Weber |
| 1832 | Ocypoda Guérin |
| 2002 | Ocypode Sepkoski |
| 2005 | Ocypode Casadio et al. |
| 2010 | Ocypode Garassino et al. p. 139 |
| 2010 | Ocypode Schweitzer et al. p. 140 |
| 2017 | Ocypode Luque et al. p. 51 |
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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 vericoncava Casadio et al. 2005
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available