Ovalipes

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

Ovalipes
Ovalipes ocellatus
Scientific classification
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, 1933 Corystes De Haan, 1833

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 in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885)
• 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