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Ovalipes

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

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Ovalipes
Ovalipes ocellatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Ovalipidae
Genus: Ovalipes
Rathbun, 1898
Type species
Ovalipes ocellatus
(Herbst, 1799)
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Taxonomy

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

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

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