Ocypodoidea Explained

The Ocypodoidea, or ocypoid crabs, are a superfamily of crabs, named after the genus Ocypode. It contains over 300 extant species in these eight families:^[1]

• Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858
• Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858
• Heloeciidae H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
• Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851
• Mictyridae Dana, 1851
• Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815
• Ucididae Števčić, 2005
• Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858

Notes and References

1. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal.