Gecarcinucoidea

Gecarcinucoidea

Gecarcinus quadratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Gecarcinucoidea Rathbun, 1904 ^[1]
Families
Gecarcinucidae Rathbun, 1904 Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910

Gecarcinucoidea is a superfamily of freshwater crabs. Its members have been grouped into families in various ways, with some authors recognising families such as "Deckeniidae", "Sundathelphusidae", but only two families are currently recognised: Gecarcinucidae and Parathelphusidae.^[2]

References

↑ "Gecarcinucoidea Rathbun, 1904". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
↑ 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.

Superfamilies of Infraclass Brachyura (true crabs)

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Class Malacostraca
Order Decapoda
Suborder Pleocyemata

Dromiacea

Raninoida

Raninoidea

Cyclodorippoida

Cyclodorippoidea

Eubrachyura

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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