Fine Art

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Trapezioidea
References

Lai, J.C.Y.; Ahyong, S.T.; Jeng, M.-S.; Ng, P.K.L. 2009: Are coral-dwelling crabs monophyletic? A phylogeny of the Trapezioidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Invertebrate systematics, 23: 402–408. DOI: 10.1071/IS09012

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]

Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893
Tetraliidae Castro, Ng & Ahyong, 2004
Trapeziidae Miers, 1886

References

Davie, Peter (2015). "Trapezioidea Miers, 1886". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
Carrie E. Schweitzer (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.

Images

Biology Encyclopedia

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Home - Hellenica World