Ocypodidae

Ocypodidae
	a typical representative of the genus riding crabs of the family Ocypodidae, "right-sheared" specimen
Systematics
Class :	Higher crabs (Malacostraca)
Order :	Decapods (decapoda)
Subordination :	Pleocyemata
Partial order :	Crab (Brachyura)
Superfamily :	Ocypodoidea
Family :	Ocypodidae
Scientific name
	Ocypodidae
	Rafinesque , 1815

The Ocypodidae are a family of crabs (Brachyura). All representatives of the Ocypodidae live amphibiously on the beaches of tropical seas, on sand, mud or in mangroves . Most species dig burrows in the ground for protection, into which they also retreat during the flood .

Systematics

The family of the Ocypodidae originally comprised 18 genera, u. a. the mangrove crabs ( Ucides ). According to the current system, this family is divided into two subfamilies, each with one genus:

Subfamily Ocypodinae
- Genus Reiter crabs (race crabs, Ocypode )
Subfamily Ucinae
- Genus fiddler crabs ( Uca )

Western Atlantic riding crab (racing crab Ocypode quadrata , "right- sheared " individual)
Uca lactea , "left-sheared" male

literature

H. Füller, H.-E. Gruner, G. Hartwich, R. Kilias, M. Moritz: Urania Tierreich, Invertebrates 2 (Annelida to Chaetognatha) . Urania-Verlag, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-332-01175-8 .

Individual evidence

↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al: A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . In: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Supplement No. 21, 2009, p. 1–109 ( pdf 7.73Mb [accessed February 18, 2012]).

Web links

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[Grave-1] Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al: A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . In: Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Supplement No. 21, 2009, p. 1–109 ( pdf 7.73Mb [accessed February 18, 2012]).