Menippidae
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Family of crabs
| Menippidae | |
|---|---|
| Menippe rumphii | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Eriphioidea |
| Family: | Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 |
| Genera | |
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Menippidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.[1]
Genera
[edit ]- Menippe De Haan, 1833
- Myomenippe Hilgendorf, 1879
- Sphaerozius Stimpson, 1858
References
[edit ]- ^ P. K. L. Ng; D. Guinot; P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011年06月06日.
Further reading
[edit ]- Peter Davie (2010). "Menippidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
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