Calappoidea
Superfamily of crabs
Calappoidea Temporal range: Aptian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Calappa japonica seen from above | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Subsection: | Heterotremata |
Superfamily: | Calappoidea H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 |
Families | |
Calappoidea is a superfamily of crabs comprising the two families Calappidae and Matutidae.[1] The earliest fossils attributable to the Calappoidea date from the Aptian.[2]
References
- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ Andreas Brösing (2008). "A reconstruction of an evolutionary scenario for the Brachyura (Decapoda) in the context of the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary" (PDF). Crustaceana. 81 (3): 271–287. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.652.1701. doi:10.1163/156854008783564091.
External links
- Media related to Calappoidea at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Calappoidea at Wikispecies
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Superfamilies of Infraorder Brachyura (true crabs)
- Kingdom Animalia
- Phylum Arthropoda
- Class Malacostraca
- Order Decapoda
- Suborder Pleocyemata
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