Trapezioidea

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Trapezioidea Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N

Trapezia tigrina (Trapeziidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Trapezioidea Miers, 1886
Families ^[1]
Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893 Tetraliidae Castro, Ng & Ahyong, 2004 Trapeziidae Miers, 1886

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

References

↑ Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
↑ 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.

Superfamilies of Infraclass Brachyura (true crabs)

Heterotremata	Aethroidea Bellioidea Bythograeoidea Calappoidea Cancroidea Carpilioidea Cheiragonoidea Componocancroidea† Corystoidea Dairoidea Dorippoidea Eriphioidea Gecarcinucoidea Goneplacoidea Hexapodoidea Leucosioidea Majoidea Orithyioidea Palicoidea Parthenopoidea Pilumnoidea Portunoidea Potamoidea Pseudothelphusoidea Pseudozioidea Retroplumoidea Trapezioidea Trichodactyloidea Xanthoidea

Thoracotremata	Cryptochiroidea Grapsoidea Ocypodoidea Pinnotheroidea

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