Eriphioidea

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Eriphioidea
Eriphia verrucosa (Eriphiidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Eriphioidea
Macleay, 1838
Families
  • Dairoididae Števčić, 2005
  • Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838
  • Hypothalassiidae Karasawa & Schweitzer, 2006
  • Menippidae Ortmann, 1893
  • Oziidae Dana, 1851
  • Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977

Eriphioidea is a superfamily of crabs, containing the six families Dairoididae, Eriphiidae, Hypothalassiidae, Menippidae, Oziidae and Platyxanthidae.[1] They are united by a number of characters, including a marked difference in size between the left and right claws, where the larger one has a crushing tooth, and the smaller one does not, and the relative breadth of the male abdomen.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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. 

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