Menippidae

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Menippidae
Tasmanian Giant Crab.jpg
Pseudocarcinus gigas
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Eriphioidea
Family: Menippidae
Ortmann, 1893
Genera

See text.

Menippidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.[1]

Genera[]

  • Menippe De Haan, 1833
  • Hilgendorf, 1879
  • Pseudocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
  • A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
  • Stimpson, 1858

References[]

  1. ^ 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 2011-06-06.

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