Palicoidea

Palicoidea
Palicus fragilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Palicoidea Bouvier, 1898  [1]
Families
Crossotonotidae Palicidae

Palicoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the two families Crossotonotidae and Palicidae. Together, they contain 13 genera, including two genera in the Palicidae known only from fossils. ^[2] The two families were previously treated as two subfamilies in a Palicidae of wider circumscription. ^{[3] [4]}

Family Crossotonotidae Moosa & Serène, 1981

• Crossotonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
• † Montemagrellus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2014
• Pleurophricus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

Family Palicidae Bouvier, 1898

• † Eopalicus Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 1996
• Exopalicus Castro, 2000
• Miropalicus Castro, 2000
• Neopalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Palicoides Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Paliculus Castro, 2000
• Palicus Philippi, 1838
• Parapalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Pseudopalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Rectopalicus Castro, 2000
• † Spinipalicus Beschin & De Angeli, 2003

References

1. Peter Davie (2009). "Palicoidea". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved January 28, 2010.
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.
3. 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.
4. Boyko, Christopher B. (4 October 2022). "Palicoidea Bouvier, 1898". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 14 October 2024.