WoRMS taxon details
Ocypode Weber, 1795
106970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106970)
accepted
Genus
Cancer ceratophthalmus Pallas, 1772 accepted as Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772) (type by subsequent designation)
Ceratophthalma MacLeay, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hoplocypode Sakai & Türkay, 2013 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Monolepis Say, 1817 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ocipode Weber, 1795 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Ocypoda Weber, 1795 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Ocypode Fabricius, 1798 · unaccepted > junior homonym (Junior objective homonym)
Parocypoda Neumann, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Ocypode africana De Man, 1881
- Species Ocypode brevicornis H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- Species Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)
- Species Ocypode convexa Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
- Species Ocypode cordimana Latreille, 1818
- Species Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Species Ocypode fabricii H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- Species Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843
- Species Ocypode jousseaumei (Nobili, 1905)
- Species Ocypode kuhlii De Haan, 1835
- Species Ocypode macrocera H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- Species Ocypode madagascariensis Crosnier, 1965
- Species Ocypode mortoni R.W. George, 1982
- Species Ocypode nobilii De Man, 1902
- Species Ocypode occidentalis Stimpson, 1860
- Species Ocypode pallidula Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
- Species Ocypode pauliani Crosnier, 1965
- Species Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787)
- Species Ocypode rotundata Miers, 1882
- Species Ocypode ryderi Kingsley, 1880
- Species Ocypode saratan (Forskål, 1775)
- Species Ocypode sinensis Dai & Yang in Song & Yang, 1985
- Species Ocypode stimpsoni Ortmann, 1897
- Subgenus Ocypode (Chasmagnathus) De Haan, 1833 accepted as Chasmagnathus De Haan, 1833 (status change)
- Subgenus Ocypode (Gelasimus) Latreille, 1817 accepted as Gelasimus Latreille, 1817 (superceded status)
- Species Ocypode (Gelasimus) arcuata De Haan, 1835 accepted as Tubuca arcuata (De Haan, 1835)
- Species Ocypode (Gelasimus) perlatus Herklots, 1851 accepted as Afruca tangeri (Eydoux, 1835) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subgenus Ocypode (Macrophthalmus) Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Macrophthalmus Desmarest, 1823 (superseded status)
- Species Ocypode (Macrophthalmus) dilatata De Haan, 1835 accepted as Macrophthalmus (Macrophthalmus) abbreviatus Manning & Holthuis, 1981 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
- Subgenus Ocypode (Mictyris) Latreille, 1806 accepted as Mictyris Latreille, 1806 (superceded status)
- Subgenus Ocypode (Scopimera) De Haan, 1833 accepted as Scopimera De Haan, 1833 (status change)
- Species Ocypode (Scopimera) globosa De Haan, 1835 accepted as Scopimera globosa (De Haan, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ocypode aegyptica Gerstaecker, 1856 accepted as Ocypode saratan (Forskål, 1775) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, incorrect spelling of junior synonym)
- Species Ocypode albicans Bosc, 1801 accepted as Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ocypode arenaria Say, 1817 accepted as Ocypode arenarius Say, 1817 accepted as Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) (unaccepted > incorrect grammatical agreement of specific epithet)
- Species Ocypode arenarius Say, 1817 accepted as Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ocypode ceratophthalma (Pallas, 1772) accepted as Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772) (incorrect spelling under Art. 31.2.2 (ICZN, 1999))
- Species Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818 accepted as Ocypode cordimana Latreille, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Ocypode fossor Latreille, 1803 accepted as Ucides cordatus (Linnaeus, 1763)
- Species Ocypode gaudichaudi H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843 accepted as Ocypode gaudichaudii H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Species Ocypode ippeus Olivier, 1804 accepted as Ocypode cursor (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ocypode japonicus De Haan, 1835 accepted as Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) japonicus (De Haan, 1835) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ocypode kuhli De Haan, 1835 accepted as Ocypode kuhlii De Haan, 1835 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Ocypode longicornuta Dana, 1852 accepted as Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Ocypode longimana Latreille, 1803 accepted as Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ocypode madagascarensis Crosnier, 1965 accepted as Ocypode madagascariensis Crosnier, 1965 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Species Ocypode maracoani Latreille, 1803 accepted as Uca (Uca) maracoani (Latreille, 1803) accepted as Uca maracoani (Latreille, 1803)
- Species Ocypode neglecta Ortmann, 1894 accepted as Ocypode brevicornis H. Milne Edwards, 1837 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ocypode platytarsis H. Milne Edwards, 1852 accepted as Ocypode brevicornis H. Milne Edwards, 1837
- Species Ocypode plicata Latreille, 1803 accepted as Parasesarma plicatum (Latreille, 1803) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ocypode pygoides Ortmann, 1894 accepted as Ocypode convexus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 accepted as Ocypode convexa Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ocypode rhombea Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Ocypode quadrata (Fabricius, 1787) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ocypode urvillei Guérin, 1829 accepted as Ocypode Urvillii Guérin, 1829 accepted as Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772) (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
- Species Ocypode Urvillii Guérin, 1829 accepted as Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Ocypode laevis Fabricius, 1798 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Ocypode minuta Fabricius, 1798 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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Weber, F. (1795). Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicum ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. i-viii, 1-171. Chilonii et Hamburgii. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2024). DecaNet. Ocypode Weber, 1795. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106970 on 2024-04-23
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original description
Weber, F. (1795). Nomenclator entomologicus secundum Entomologiam systematicum ill. Fabricii adjectis speciebus recens detectis et varietatibus. i-viii, 1-171. Chilonii et Hamburgii. [details]
original description (of Monolepis Say, 1817) Say, T. (1817). An account of the Crustacea of the United States (continued). <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia.</em> 1(1): 155-169. [details]
original description (of Hoplocypode Sakai & Türkay, 2013) Sakai, K.; Türkay, M. (2013). Revision of the genus <i>Ocypode</i> with the description of a new genus, <i>Hoplocypode</i> (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum — Nature.</em> 56(2): 665-793. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ocypode Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]
original description (of Ceratophthalma MacLeay, 1838) MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]
original description (of Parocypoda Neumann, 1878) Neumann, R. (1878). Systematische Uebersicht der Gattungen der Oxyrhynchen. Catalog der Podophthalmen Crustaceen des Heidelberger Museums. Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten. Der Hohen philosophischen Facultät der Universität Heidelberg als Inauguraldissertation. J. B. Hirschfeld, Leipzig, 39 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Hartnoll, R.G. (1975). The Grapsidae and Ocypodidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Tanzania. J. Zool. London 177, 305-328 [details]
additional source Shih, H.-T.; Ng, P. K. L.; Davie, P. J. F.; Schubart, C. D.; Türkay, M.; Naderloo, R.; Jones, D. S.; Liu, M.-Y. (2016). Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of <em>Uca </em>Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 64: 139-175. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Monolepis Say, 1817) Say, T. (1817). An account of the Crustacea of the United States (continued). <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia.</em> 1(1): 155-169. [details]
original description (of Hoplocypode Sakai & Türkay, 2013) Sakai, K.; Türkay, M. (2013). Revision of the genus <i>Ocypode</i> with the description of a new genus, <i>Hoplocypode</i> (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum — Nature.</em> 56(2): 665-793. [details] Available for editors
[request] original description (of Ocypode Fabricius, 1798) Fabricius, J.C. (1798). Supplementum Entomologiae Systematicae. Hafniae: Proft et Storck: 1-572., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25565932 [details]
original description (of Ceratophthalma MacLeay, 1838) MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]
original description (of Parocypoda Neumann, 1878) Neumann, R. (1878). Systematische Uebersicht der Gattungen der Oxyrhynchen. Catalog der Podophthalmen Crustaceen des Heidelberger Museums. Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten. Der Hohen philosophischen Facultät der Universität Heidelberg als Inauguraldissertation. J. B. Hirschfeld, Leipzig, 39 pp. [details]
context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]
basis of record Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
additional source Hartnoll, R.G. (1975). The Grapsidae and Ocypodidae (Decapoda: Brachyura) of Tanzania. J. Zool. London 177, 305-328 [details]
additional source Shih, H.-T.; Ng, P. K. L.; Davie, P. J. F.; Schubart, C. D.; Türkay, M.; Naderloo, R.; Jones, D. S.; Liu, M.-Y. (2016). Systematics of the family Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815 (Crustacea: Brachyura), based on phylogenetic relationships, with a reorganization of subfamily rankings and a review of the taxonomic status of <em>Uca </em>Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> 64: 139-175. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | ghost crabs | [details] |
| German | Reiterkrabben | [details] |
| Japanese | スナガニ属スナガニ [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Bokmål | spydmeldeslekta [from synonym] | [details] |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | spydmeldeslekta [from synonym] | [details] |
