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]

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

References

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  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.