Portunoidea
Portunoidea is a superfamily of crabs that includes the family Portunidae, the swimming crabs. Which other crab families are also placed here is a matter of some contention, and may be revised following molecular phylogenetic analyses.
Portunoidea | |
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Portumnus latipes of the Portunidae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Subsection: | Heterotremata |
Superfamily: | Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815 |
Families | |
7 extant and 4 extinct families: see text |
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