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Xanthoidea

Xanthoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising seven families. Formerly, a number of other families were included in Xanthoidea, but many of these have since been removed to other superfamilies. These include Carpilioidea, Eriphioidea, Hexapodoidea, Pilumnoidea and Trapezioidea. Even in this reduced state, Xanthoidea remains one of the most species-rich superfamilies of crabs.

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Xanthoidea
Xantho poressa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Xanthoidea
MacLeay, 18381
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Xanthoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising seven families.123 Formerly, a number of other families were included in Xanthoidea, but many of these have since been removed to other superfamilies. These include Carpilioidea, Eriphioidea, Hexapodoidea, Pilumnoidea and Trapezioidea.3 Even in this reduced state, Xanthoidea remains one of the most species-rich superfamilies of crabs.3

Families

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

References

References

  1. Davie, P. (2015). "Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  2. 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 2009-12-12.
  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 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08 – via the National University of Singapore.