| Tubuca | |
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| Tubuca bellator | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Ocypodidae |
| Subfamily: | Gelasiminae |
| Tribe: | Gelasimini |
| Genus: | Tubuca Bott, 1973 |
Tubuca is a genus in Ocypodidae, a family of fiddler and ghost crabs. There are more than 20 described species in Tubuca. [1]
These 23 species belong to the genus Tubuca:
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Liomera is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
Neoliomera is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
Lachnopodus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
Leptodius is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
Lophozozymus is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
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Episesarma is a genus of swimming crabs species in the family Sesarmidae.
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