Epialtidae

Epialtidae
Dorsal view of 1) Rhinocarcinus agassizi , male (Pisinae), 2) Acanthonyx petiveri , male, 3) Pugettia foliata , male, 4) Leucippa pentagona , young male (Epialtinae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Majoidea
Family:	Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838
Subfamilies
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Epialtidae is a family of crabs, containing the subfamilies: ^[1]

• Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838
• Pisinae Dana, 1851
• Pliosomatinae Števčić, 1994
• Tychinae Dana, 1851
• † Actinotocarcininae ^[2]

References

1. 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.
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.