Biology:Carcinidae
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| Carcinus maenas | |
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| Pirimela denticulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Portunoidea |
| Family: | Carcinidae MacLeay, 1838 |
Carcinidae is a family of crabs belonging to the order Decapoda.[1] It has four subfamilies, including Pirimelinae which was previously treated as a family.[2][3]
Taxonomy
The family as currently circumscribed includes four subfamilies and eight genera, six with living members and two known only through fossils:[1]
- †Ramacarcinus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2017
- Subfamily Carcininae MacLeay, 1838
- Carcinus Leach, 1814
- †Miopipus Müller, 1984
- Subfamily Parathranitiinae Spiridonov, 2020
- Parathranites Miers, 1886
- Subfamily Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899
- Pirimela Leach, 1816
- Sirpus Gordon, 1953
- Subfamily Platyonichinae Dana, 1851
- Portumnus Leach, 1814
- Xaiva MacLeay, 1838
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 WoRMS. "Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899". http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148429.
- ↑ De Grave, Sammy; Pentcheff, N. Dean; Ahyong, Shane T.; Chan, Tin-Yam; Crandall, Keith A.; Dworschak, Peter C.; Felder, Darryl L.; Feldmann, Rodney M. et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 21 Suppl.: 1–109. https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y.
- ↑ "Pirimelidae" (in en). https://www.gbif.org/species/9007.
Wikidata ☰ Q2230025 entry
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