Biology:Pirimelinae

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Short description: Subfamily of crabs

Pirimelinae
Pirimela denticulata.jpg
Pirimela denticulata
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Carcinidae
Subfamily: Pirimelinae

Pirimelinae is a subfamily of crabs belonging to the family Carcinidae in the order Decapoda.[1] It previously was treated as a family.[2][3]

Genera

Extant genera:[1][2][3]

  • Pirimela Leach, 1816
  • Sirpus Gordon, 1953

Extinct genera:[2][3]

  • Parapirimela Van Straelen, 1937
  • Pliopirimela Van Bakel, Jagt, Fraaije & Willie, 2003
  • Trachypirimela Müller, 1974


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 WoRMS. "Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148429. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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. 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Pirimelidae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/9007. 

Wikidata ☰ Q2230025 entry