Cancroidea

Cancroidea
Cancer pagurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
Families
Atelecyclidae Cancridae

Cancroidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the families Atelecyclidae and Cancridae. ^[1] Four other families have been separated into new superfamilies: Cheiragonidae into Cheiragonoidea, Corystidae into Corystoidea, and both Pirimelidae and Thiidae into Portunoidea. ^[2] Montezumellidae has been moved from Cancroidea to his own Superfamily Montezumelloidea. ^[3]

References

1. Ossó, À.; Domínguez, J.L. (2013). "A proposal for a new family: Montezumellidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and description of new genus and species Moianella cervantesi from the Priabonian (late Eocene) of Catalonia (NE of Iberian Peninsula)". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana . 65 (2): 285–298. Bibcode:2013BoSGM..65..285O. doi: 10.18268/BSGM2013v65n2a10 . http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/vols/epoca04/6502/%2810%29Osso.pdf
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 2009-12-06.
3. Ossó, Àlex; Domínguez, José Luis (2019-06-24). "On the systematic placement of Montezumellidae Ossó & Domínguez, 2013 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Eubrachyura)" . Zootaxa. 4623 (1): 175–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.12. ISSN   1175-5334. PMID   31716282.