Gelasiminae

Gelasiminae is a subfamily that pertains to nine out of the eleven fiddler crab genera within the family Ocypodidae.[1][2]

Gelasiminae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ocypodidae
Subfamily: Gelasiminae
Miers, 1886

Taxonomy

The subfamily includes 94 species within nine genera.[1][2] The genera are split into two tribes that are geographically distant. Tribe Gelasimini consists of species native to the Indo-West Pacific whereas Tribe Minucini consists of species native to the Americas.

Tribe Gelasimini (Indo-West Pacific fiddlers):

Tribe Minucini (American broad-front fiddlers):

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