Oregoniidae

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Oregoniidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Majoidea
Family: Oregoniidae
Garth, 1958
Genera

The Oregoniidae are a family of crabs, formerly included in the family Majidae. It contains the four genera Chionoecetes , Hyas , Macroregonia , and Oregonia . [1]

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.