Biology:Trapeziidae
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Short description: Family of crabs
| Trapeziidae | |
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| Trapezia tigrina | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Trapezioidea |
| Family: | Trapeziidae Miers, 1886 [1] |
| Type genus | |
| Trapezia Latreille, 1825
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Trapeziidae is a family of crabs, commonly known as coral 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.[2] Members of the family Tetraliidae were previously included in the Trapeziidae, but the similarities between the taxa is the result of convergent evolution.[3]
Subfamilies and genera
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following subfamilies and genera:[1]
Calocarcininae Stevcic, 2005
- Calocarcinus Calman, 1909
- Philippicarcinus Garth & Kim, 1983
- Sphenomerides Rathbun, 1897
Quadrellinae Stevcic, 2005
- Hexagonalia Galil, 1986
- Hexagonaloides Komai, Higashiji & Castro, 2010
- Quadrella Dana, 1851
Trapeziinae Miers, 1886
- Trapezia Latreille, 1828
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Davie, Peter (2015). "Trapeziidae Miers, 1886". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106768.
- ↑ Peter Castro. "Trapeziid crabs (Brachyura : Xanthoidea : Trapeziidae) of New Caledonia, eastern Australia, and the Coral Sea". in B. Richer de Forges (PDF). Les fonds meubles des lagons de Nouvelle-CalMonie (Sédimentologie, Benthos). Études & Thèses, volume 3. Paris: ORSTOM. pp. 59–107. ISBN 2-7099-1376-3. http://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_6/Et_Th_cm/010013924.pdf.
- ↑ 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. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2004f/z00643f.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2441820 entry
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