Biology:Trapezioidea

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Short description: Superfamily of crabs

Trapezioidea
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Trapezia tigrina - Red Spotted Guard Crab.jpg
Trapezia tigrina (Trapeziidae)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Trapezioidea
Miers, 1886 [1]
Families

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Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals, and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene.[2]

Families

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Davie, Peter (2015). "Trapezioidea Miers, 1886". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=439102. 
  2. Carrie E. Schweitzer (2005). "The Trapeziidae and Domeciidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) in the fossil record and a new Eocene genus from Baja California Sur, Mexico". Journal of Crustacean Biology 25 (4): 625–636. doi:10.1651/C-2575.1. 

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