Xanthoidea

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Xanthoidea
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Xantho poressa
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Xanthoidea
MacLeay, 1838 [1]
Families

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Xanthoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising seven families. [1] [2] [3] Formerly, a number of other families were included in Xanthoidea, but many of these have since been removed to other superfamilies. These include Carpilioidea, Eriphioidea, Hexapodoidea, Pilumnoidea and Trapezioidea. [3] Even in this reduced state, Xanthoidea remains one of the most species-rich superfamilies of crabs. [3]

Families

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following families: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Davie, P. (2015). "Xanthoidea MacLeay, 1838". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 2015-07-04.
  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 2009-12-12.
  3. 1 2 3 Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2011-06-08– via the National University of Singapore.


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