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Dairoidea

Dairoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising two families which each contain a single genus: Dairidae and Dacryopilumnidae (Dacryopilumnus) .

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Dairoidea
Temporal range:
Daira perlata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Clade: Reptantia
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Dairoidea
Serène, 1965 1
Families

Dairoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising two families which each contain a single genus: Dairidae (the living fossil Daira 2) and Dacryopilumnidae (Dacryopilumnus) .3

Species

Dairidae
  • Daira americana Stimpson, 1860
  • Daira coronata Beschin, De Angeli, Checchi & Zarantonello, 2005
  • Daira depressa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1865)
  • Daira perlata (Herbst, 1790)
  • Daira salebrosa Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2002
  • Daira sicula (Di Salvo, 1933)
  • Daira speciosa (Reuss, 1871)
  • Daira vulgaris Portell & Collins, 2004
Dacryopilumnidae
  • Dacryopilumnus eremita Nobili, 1906
  • Dacryopilumnus rathbunae Balss, 1932
References

References

  1. Peter Davie (2009). "Dairoidea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  2. Alessandra Busulini; Giuliano Tessier & Claudio Beschin (2006). "The genus Phlyctenodes Milne Edwards, 1862 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Xanthidae) in the Eocene of Europe" (PDF). Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas. 23 (3): 350–360.
  3. Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.