| Cancroidea | |
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| Cancer pagurus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Cancroidea Latreille, 1802 |
| Families | |
Cancroidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the families Atelecyclidae and Cancridae. Two families previously included in this superfamily have since been separated off into new superfamilies – Cheiragonidae into Cheiragonoidea, Corystidae into Corystoidea – while two others (Pirimelidae, Thiidae) have been transferred to Portunoidea.[1]
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