Gelasiminae is a subfamily that pertains to nine out of the eleven fiddler crab genera within the family Ocypodidae.
Taxonomy The subfamily includes 94 species within nine genera. 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): Austruca Cranuca Gelasimus Paraleptuca Tubuca Xeruca Tribe Minucini (American broad-front fiddlers): Leptuca Minuca Petruca
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