Palicidae
Appearance
(Redirected from Stilt crab)
Palicidae | |
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Rectopalicus amphiceros | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Superfamily: | Palicoidea |
Family: | Palicidae Bouvier, 1898 |
Genera | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.