Biology:Carcinidae

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Carcinidae
Carcinus maenas.jpg
Carcinus maenas
Pirimela denticulata.jpg
Pirimela denticulata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Portunoidea
Family: Carcinidae
MacLeay, 1838

Carcinidae is a family of crabs belonging to the order Decapoda.[1] It has four subfamilies, including Pirimelinae which was previously treated as a family.[2][3]

Taxonomy

The family as currently circumscribed includes four subfamilies and eight genera, six with living members and two known only through fossils:[1]

  • Ramacarcinus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2017
  • Subfamily Carcininae MacLeay, 1838
    • Carcinus Leach, 1814
    • Miopipus Müller, 1984
  • Subfamily Parathranitiinae Spiridonov, 2020
  • Subfamily Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899
    • Pirimela Leach, 1816
    • Sirpus Gordon, 1953
  • Subfamily Platyonichinae Dana, 1851
    • Portumnus Leach, 1814
    • Xaiva MacLeay, 1838

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS. "Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148429. 
  2. De Grave, Sammy; Pentcheff, N. Dean; Ahyong, Shane T.; Chan, Tin-Yam; Crandall, Keith A.; Dworschak, Peter C.; Felder, Darryl L.; Feldmann, Rodney M. et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 21 Suppl.: 1–109. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y. 
  3. "Pirimelidae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/9007. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2230025 entry