Litocheiridae

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: Goneplacoidea

Familia: Litocheiridae
Genera (2): Georgeoplax – Litocheira

[source: WoRMS]
Name

Litocheiridae

Primary references
References

Low, M.E.Y.; Monaghan, N.T.; Holmes, J.M.C. 2012: The Brachyura described by John Robert Kinahan, and a discussion on Kinahan’s overlooked authorship of the family-group name Litocheiridae (Crustacea: Decapoda). Zootaxa 3559: 44–52. Preview Reference page.
Števčić, Z. 2005: The reclassification of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Natura croatica 14(supplement 1) PDF Reference page.

Litocheiridae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Decapoda.[1]

Genera:[1]

Georgeoplax Türkay, 1983
Gollincarcinus Beschin & De Angeli, 2004
Lessinioplax Beschin & De Angeli, 2004
Litocheira Kinahan, 1856
Maingrapsus Tessier, Beschin, Busulini & De Angeli, 1999
Paracorallicarcinus Tessier, Beschin, Busulini & De Angeli, 1999

References

"Litocheiridae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 19 June 2021.