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Family: Ocypodidae fiddler and ghost crabs



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81 species (see list below)
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Austruca citrus
[]
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Max. Length 1.9 cm CW
 
Austruca iranica
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Austruca mjoebergi
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Gelasimus borealis
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Gelasimus dampieri
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Gelasimus hesperiae
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Gelasimus vocans
[Orange fiddler crab]
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Minuca victoriana
[]
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Max. Length 3.4 cm CW
 
Ocypode africana
[African ghost crab]
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Ocypode brevicornis
[]

Bourjon, Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Ocypode ceratophthalmus(Pallas, 1772)

Photo by Bourjon, Philippe
 
Ocypode ceratophthalmus
[Horned ghost crab]
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Ocypode convexa
[Golden ghost crab]

Auscape International

Indo-Pacific

Ocypode cordimanusDesmarest, 1825

Photo by Auscape International
 
Ocypode cordimanus
[Smooth eyed ghost crab]

Tiralongo, Francesco

Eastern Atlantic and the
Max. Length 4.6 cm CL
Ocypode cursor(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Tiralongo, Francesco
 
Ocypode cursor
[Tufted ghost crab]
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Ocypode fabricii
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Ocypode gaudichaudii
[Painted ghost crab]
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Ocypode jousseaumei
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Ocypode kuhlii
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Ocypode macrocera
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Ocypode madagascariensis
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Ocypode mortoni
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Bourjon, Philippe

Indo-Pacific

Ocypode pallidulaJacquinot, 1846

Photo by Bourjon, Philippe
 
Ocypode pallidula
[Pallid ghost crab]
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Ocypode pauliani
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Ocypode platytarsis
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Hirose, Gustavo

Western Atlantic

Ocypode quadrata(Fabricius, 1787)

Photo by Hirose, Gustavo
 
Ocypode quadrata
[Atlantic ghost crab]
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Ocypode rotundata
[Rounded ghost crab]
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Ocypode ryderi
[Pink ghost crab]
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Ocypode saratan
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Ocypode stimpsoni
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Paraleptuca splendida
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Tubuca acuta
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Tubuca capricornis
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Tubuca elegans
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Tubuca flammula
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Tubuca hirsutimanus
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Tubuca polita
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Tubuca seismella
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Tubuca signata
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Uca annulipes
[Porcelain fiddler crab]
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Uca arcuata
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Uca burgersi
[Saltpan fiddler]
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Uca chlorophthalmus
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Uca coarctata
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Uca crassipes
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Uca crenulata
[Mexican fiddler]
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Uca cumulanta
[Heaping fiddler crab]
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Uca dussumieri
[Purple fiddler crab]
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Uca forcipata
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Uca inversa
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Uca lactea
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Hirose, Gustavo

Southwest Atlantic

Uca leptodactylaRathbun, 1898

Photo by Hirose, Gustavo
 
Uca leptodactyla
[Marbled fiddler]
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Uca longisignalis
[Gulf marsh fiddler]
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Uca major
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Hirose, Gustavo

Western Atlantic.

Uca maracoani(Latreille, 1802)

Photo by Hirose, Gustavo
 
Uca maracoani
[Brazilian fiddler crab]
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Uca marguerita
[Olmec fiddler]
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Uca minax
[Redjointed fiddler]
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Uca mordax
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Uca neocultrimana
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Uca panacea
[Gulf sand fiddler]
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Uca paradussumieri
[Purple fiddler]
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Uca perplexa
[Lemon clawed fiddler crab]

Auscape International

Western Atlantic Ocean.

Uca pugilator(Bosc, 1802)

Photo by Auscape International
 
Uca pugilator
[Atlantic sand fiddler]
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Uca pugnax
[Atlantic marsh fiddler]
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Uca rapax
[Mudflat fiddler]
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Uca rhizophorae
[]
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Uca rosea
[Rosy fiddler crab]
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Uca sindensis
[Indus fiddler crab]
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Uca speciosa
[Longfinger fiddler]
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Uca spinicarpa
[Spined fiddler]
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Uca subcylindrica
[Laguna madre fiddler]
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Max. Length 3.3 cm CL
 
Uca tangeri
[West African fiddler crab]

Poppe, Guido and Philippe

Indo-Pacific.

Uca tetragonon(Herbst, 1790)

Photo by Poppe, Guido and Philippe
 
Uca tetragonon
[Fiddler crab]
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Uca thayeri
[Mangrove fiddler]
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Uca triangularis
[]
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Uca uruguayensis
[]
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Uca urvillei
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Uca virens
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Uca vocator
[Hairback fiddler]
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Uca vomeris
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Hirose, Gustavo

Western Atlantic
Max. Length 10 cm CW
Ucides cordatus(Linnaeus, 1763)

Photo by Hirose, Gustavo
 
Ucides cordatus
[Mangrove crab]
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Ucides occidentalis
[Mangrove ghost crab]


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