Ocypodoidea
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Ocypode cordimana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Subsection: | Thoracotremata |
| Superfamily: | Ocypodoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
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]
- Camptandriidae Stimpson, 1858
- Dotillidae Stimpson, 1858
- HeloeciidaeH. Milne-Edwards, 1852
- Macrophthalmidae Dana, 1851
- MictyridaeDana, 1851
- Ocypodidae Rafinesque, 1815
- UcididaeŠtevčić, 2005
- Xenophthalmidae Stimpson, 1858
References
- Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
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