| Eriphioidea | |
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| Eriphia verrucosa (Eriphiidae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Eriphioidea Macleay, 1838 |
| Families | |
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6 families | |
Eriphioidea is a superfamily of crabs. It contains six families:12
- Dairoididae Števčić, 2005
- Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838
- Hypothalassiidae Karasawa & Schweitzer, 2006
- Menippidae Ortmann, 1893
- Oziidae Dana, 1851
- Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977
The families are united by a number of characters, including a marked difference in size between the left and right claws, where the larger one has a crushing tooth, and the smaller one does not, and the relative breadth of the male abdomen.2
References
References
- "Eriphioidea MacLeay, 1838". DecaNet. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 15 December 2025.
- Ng, Peter K. L.; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2025-12-15.