| Palicoidea | |
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| Palicus fragilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Palicoidea Bouvier, 1898 1 |
| Families | |
Palicoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the two families Crossotonotidae and Palicidae. Together, they contain 13 genera, including two genera in the Palicidae known only from fossils.2 The two families were previously treated as two subfamilies in a Palicidae of wider circumscription.34
- Family Crossotonotidae Moosa & Serène, 1981
- Crossotonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
- †Montemagrellus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2014
- Pleurophricus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
- Family Palicidae Bouvier, 1898
- †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
References
- Peter Davie (2009). "Palicoidea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 28, 2010.
- 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2010-01-28.
- Peter K. L. Ng; 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 2010-01-28.
- Boyko, Christopher B. (4 October 2022). "Palicoidea Bouvier, 1898". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 October 2024.