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Trapezioidea

Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene.

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Trapezioidea
Temporal range:
Trapezia tigrina (Trapeziidae)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Trapezioidea
Miers, 18861
Families

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Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene.2

Families

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following families:1

  • Calocarcinidae Števčić, 2005
  • Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893
  • Ectaesthesiidae Ng, Ahyong & Castro, 2023
  • Tetraliidae Castro, Ng & Ahyong, 2004
  • Trapeziidae Miers, 1886
  • Vicetitrapeziidae Beschin, Busulini & Tessier, 2021
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