Trapeziidae
| Trapeziidae | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Trapezia tigrina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Trapezioidea |
| Family: | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 |
| Type genus | |
| Trapezia Latreille, 1825 | |
Trapeziidae is a family of crabs. All the species in the family are found in a close symbiosis with cnidarians. They are found across the Indo-Pacific, and can best be identified to the species level by the colour patterns they display.[1] Members of the family Tetraliidae were previously included in the Trapeziidae, but the similarities between the taxa is the result of convergent evolution.[2]
The family contains the following genera:[3]
- Calocarcinus Calman, 1909
- Philippicarcinus Garth & Kim, 1983
- Sphenomerides Rathbun, 1897
- Hexagonalia Galil, 1986
- Quadrella Dana, 1851
- Trapezia Latreille, 1828
References
- ↑ Peter Castro. B. Richer de Forges, ed. Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-CalMonie (Sédimentologie, Benthos) (PDF). Études & Thèses, volume 3. Paris: ORSTOM. pp. 59–107. ISBN 2-7099-1376-3.
- ↑ Peter Castro, Peter K. L. Ng & Shane T. Ahyong (2004). "Phylogeny and systematics of the Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 (Crustacea: Brachyura), with the description of a new family" (PDF excerpt). Zootaxa 643: 1–70. ISBN 1-877354-55-4.
- ↑ 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.
External links
Data related to Trapeziidae at Wikispecies