Trapezioidea
| Trapezioidea Temporal range:
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| Trapezia tigrina (Trapeziidae) | |
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 Miers, 1886 [1] |
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Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene.[2]
Families
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following families:[1]
- Calocarcinidae Števčić, 2005
- Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893
- Ectaesthesiidae Ng, Ahyong & Castro, 2023
- Tetraliidae Castro, Ng & Ahyong, 2004
- Trapeziidae Miers, 1886
- †Vicetitrapeziidae Beschin, Busulini & Tessier, 2021
References
- ^ a b Ahyong, Shane T. (21 July 2024). "Trapezioidea Miers, 1886". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
- ^ Schweitzer, Carrie E. (2005). "The Trapeziidae and Domeciidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) in the fossil record and a new Eocene genus from Baja California Sur, Mexico". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 25 (4): 625–636. doi:10.1651/C-2575.1. JSTOR 4094148.
