Epialtinae

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Epialtinae
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Pugettia producta (Northern kelp crab), with first pereiopods missing
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Epialtidae
Subfamily: Epialtinae
MacLeay, 1838
Genera

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Epialtinae is a subfamily of crabs, containing the following genera: [1]

Incertae sedis

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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.