Cancroidea
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| Cancroidea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Cancroidea Latreille, 1802 |
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Cancroidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the families Atelecyclidae and Cancridae. Two families previously included in this superfamily have since been separated off into new superfamilies – Cheiragonidae into Cheiragonoidea, Corystidae into Corystoidea – while two others (Pirimelidae, Thiidae) have been transferred to Portunoidea.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf.
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