Hong Kong Register of Marine Species

HKRMS taxon details

Ocypode Weber, 1795

Ocypode ceratophthalmus

AphiaID

106970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106970)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon of

Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815
Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815

Parent

Ocypodinae Rafinesque, 1815

Original name

Ocypode Weber, 1795

Direct children (4)

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Species Ocypode ceratophthalmus (Pallas, 1772)
Species Ocypode cordimana Latreille, 1818
Species Ocypode mortoni George, 1982
Species Ocypode stimpsoni Ortmann, 1897

Environment

marine, brackish

Grammatical gender

feminine

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12297 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Ocypode Weber, 1795. Accessed through: Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026) Hong Kong Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106970 on 2026-06-22

Regional species database citation

Astudillo, J. C.; Williams, G. A.; Leung, K. M. Y.; Cannicci, S.; Yasuhara, M.; Yau, C.; Qiu, J-W.; Ang, P. O.; To, A. W. L.; Shea, S. K. H. (Eds.) (2026). Hong Kong Register of Marine Species. Ocypode Weber, 1795. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106970 on 2026-06-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Türkay, Michael

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2009-12-16 08:58:17Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2017-02-08 15:50:07Z

changed

Davie, Peter

2019-12-02 11:22:13Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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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., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.12297 [details]

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., 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, available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1975.tb02235.x [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 Uca Leach, 1814, sensu lato and its subgenera. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 64: 139-175. [details] Available for editors