Weber, 1795
Carapace not very much broadened anteriorly. Antennulary flagellum rudimentary. Eyestalks robust, the cornea occupying not less than one fourth to one fifth of total eyestalk length. Chelipeds heterochelous in both sexes, small cheliped more robust than any of the ambulatory legs and clearly larger than third maxillipeds, large chela usually oval, and with a stridulating ridge on inner face of palm, missing in only one species. (Türkay 1995)
Type species: Cancer ceratophthalmus Pallas, 1772, by selection by Holthuis, 1962.
Gender feminine.
Species treated:
Ocypode ceratophthalma (Pallas, 1772)
Ocypode cordimanus Latreille, 1818
Ocypode mortoni George, 1982
Ocypode sinensis Dai, Song & Yang, 1985
Ocypode stimpsoni Ortmann, 1897