Carcinidae

Life-forms

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

Familia: Carcinidae
Subfamiliae: Carcininae - Polybiinae

Genera overview: Benthochascon – Brusinia – Carcinus – Liocarcinus – Ovalipes – Polybius – Portumnus – Xaiva – †Cicarnus – †Miopipus
Name

Carcinidae MacLeay, 1838

References
Primary references

MacLeay, W.S., 1838. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A., Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of natural history chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835. and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. London, Smith, Elder, and Co. Pp. 53–71, 2 plates.

Additional references

Evans, N.M. 2018. Molecular phylogenetics of swimming crabs (Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815) supports a revised family-level classification and suggests a single derived origin of symbiotic taxa. PeerJ. 6: e4260. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.4260 Open access Reference page. [See p. 28-30, 39-40]

Carcinidae is a family of crabs belonging to the order Decapoda.[1] It has four subfamilies, including Pirimelinae which was previously treated as a family.[2][3]
Taxonomy

The family as currently circumscribed includes four subfamilies and eight genera, six with living members and two known only through fossils:[1]

†Ramacarcinus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2017
Subfamily Carcininae MacLeay, 1838
Carcinus Leach, 1814
†Miopipus Müller, 1984
Subfamily Parathranitiinae Spiridonov, 2020
Parathranites Miers, 1886
Subfamily Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899
Pirimela Leach, 1816
Sirpus Gordon, 1953
Subfamily Platyonichinae Dana, 1851
Portumnus Leach, 1814
Xaiva MacLeay, 1838

References

WoRMS. "Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
De Grave, Sammy; Pentcheff, N. Dean; Ahyong, Shane T.; Chan, Tin-Yam; Crandall, Keith A.; Dworschak, Peter C.; Felder, Darryl L.; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Fransen, Charles H. J. M.; Goulding, Laura Y. D.; Lemaitre, Rafael; Low, Martyn E. Y.; Martin, Joel W.; Ng, Peter K. L.; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Tan, S. H.; Tshudy, Dale; Wetzer, Regina (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 21 Suppl.: 1–109.
"Pirimelidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.