Ovalipes is a genus of crabs in the family Ovalipidae.[2][1][3]

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Ovalipes
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Ovalipes ocellatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ovalipidae
Genus: Ovalipes
Rathbun, 1898
Type species
Ovalipes ocellatus
(Herbst, 1799)
Synonyms[1]
  • Anisopus De Haan, 1833
  • Aeneacancer Ward, 1922
  • Corystes De Haan, 1833
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Taxonomy

The genus was first described by Mary J. Rathbun in 1898 and contains the following species:[4][1]

  • Ovalipes australiensis Stephenson & Rees, 1968
  • Ovalipes catharus (White, 1843)
  • Ovalipes elongatus Stephenson & Rees, 1968
  • Ovalipes floridanus Hay & Shore, 1918
  • Ovalipes formosanus Hu & Tao, 1996 †
  • Ovalipes georgei Stephenson & Rees, 1968
  • Ovalipes iridescens (Miers, 1886)
  • Ovalipes molleri (Ward, 1933)
  • Ovalipes ocellatus (Herbst, 1799)
  • Ovalipes punctatus (De Haan, 1833)
  • Ovalipes stephensoni Williams, 1976
  • Ovalipes trimaculatus (De Haan, 1833)

The following cladogram shows the relationship between the extant species of Ovalipes:[5]

Ovalipes
    
    

Ovalipes georgei

    
    
    
    
    

Ovalipes australiensis

    

Ovalipes punctatus

    

Ovalipes elongatus

    

Ovalipes trimaculatus

    

Ovalipes catharus

    
    
    
    
    

Ovalipes ocellatus

    

Ovalipes stephensoni

    

Ovalipes floridanus

    
    

Ovalipes iridescens

    

Ovalipes molleri

References

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