Dairoidea

Dairoidea
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Families

Dairoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising two families which each contain a single genus: Dairidae (the living fossil Daira [1]) and Dacryopilumnidae (Dacryopilumnus) [2].

Species

Dairidae
Dacryoplilumnidae

References

  1. ^ Alessandra Busulini, Giuliano Tessier & Claudio Beschin (2006). "The genus Phlyctenodes Milne Edwards, 1862 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Xanthidae) in the Eocene of Europe". Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 23 (3): 350–360. http://www.scielo.org.mx/pdf/rmcg/v23n3/v23n3a11.pdf. 
  2. ^ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
Superfamilies of Infraclass Brachyura (true crabs)
Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Arthropoda · Class Malacostraca · Order Decapoda · Suborder Pleocyemata
Dromiacea
Raninoida
Cyclodorippoida
Eubrachyura