Heterotremata
| Heterotremata | |
|---|---|
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| Xantho poressa (Xanthoidea: Xanthidae) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata Guinot, 1977 |
| Superfamilies | |
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Heterotremata is a clade of crabs, comprising those crabs in which the genital openings are on the sternum in females, but on the legs in males. It comprises 68 families in 28 superfamilies.[1]
Superfamilies
- Aethroidea
- Bellioidea
- Bythograeoidea
- Calappoidea
- Cancroidea
- Carpilioidea
- Cheiragonoidea
- Corystoidea
- Dairoidea
- Dorippoidea
- Eriphioidea
- Gecarcinucoidea
- Goneplacoidea
- Hexapodoidea
- Leucosioidea
- Majoidea
- Orithyioidea
- Palicoidea
- Parthenopoidea
- Pilumnoidea
- Portunoidea
- Potamoidea
- Pseudothelphusoidea
- Pseudozioidea
- Retroplumoidea
- Trapezioidea
- Trichodactyloidea
- Xanthoidea
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.
External links
Data related to Heterotremata at Wikispecies
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