Thoracotremata

Thoracotremata

Leptograpsus variegatus, Grapsidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Subsection:	Thoracotremata Guinot, 1977
Families
See text

Thoracotremata is a clade of crabs, comprising those crabs in which the genital openings in both sexes are on the sternum, rather than on the legs. It comprises 17 families in four superfamilies .^[1]

Superfamilies and families

Ocypodoidea
- Camptandriidae
- Dotillidae
- Heloeciidae
- Macrophthalmidae
- Mictyridae
- Ocypodidae
- Ucididae
- Xenophthalmidae
Pinnotheroidea
- Pinnotheridae

Cryptochiroidea
- Cryptochiridae
Grapsoidea
- Gecarcinidae
- Glyptograpsidae
- Grapsidae
- Plagusiidae
- Sesarmidae
- Varunidae
- Xenograpsidae

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.

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

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 6/6/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.