Xanthoidea Explained

Xanthoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising seven families.[1] [2] Formerly, a number of other families were included in Xanthoidea, but many of these have since been removed to other superfamilies. These include Carpilioidea, Eriphioidea, Hexapodoidea, Pilumnoidea and Trapezioidea.[2] Even in this reduced state, Xanthoidea remains one of the most species-rich superfamilies of crabs.[2]

Families

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following families:

Notes and References

  1. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal . 2011-06-06 . 2009-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf . dead .
  2. Ng . Peter K. L. . Guinot . Danièle . Davie . Peter J. F. . January 2008 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . live . . 17 . 1–286 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 2011-06-06 . 2011-06-08 . the National University of Singapore.

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