Palicidae
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Family: | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898
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The family Palicidae, sometimes called stilt crabs, are a group of crabs. Some genera previously included in this family are now placed in a separate family, the Crossotonotidae.
Genera
The family Palicidae contains nine extant genera and two extinct genera :[1]
- Eopalicus Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 1996 †
- Exopalicus Castro, 2000
- Miropalicus Castro, 2000
- Neopalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
- Palicoides Moosa & Serène, 1981
- Paliculus Castro, 2000
- Palicus Philippi, 1838
- Parapalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
- Pseudopalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
- Rectopalicus Castro, 2000
- Spinipalicus Beschin & De Angeli, 2003 †
References
Wikispecies has information related to Palicidae.
- ^ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
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