Trapezioidea

Trapezioidea Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trapezia tigrina (Trapeziidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Trapezioidea Miers, 1886 [1]
Families
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Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene.^[2]

Families

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following families:^[1]

• Calocarcinidae Števčić, 2005
• Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893
• Ectaesthesiidae Ng, Ahyong & Castro, 2023
• Tetraliidae Castro, Ng & Ahyong, 2004
• Trapeziidae Miers, 1886
• †Vicetitrapeziidae Beschin, Busulini & Tessier, 2021

References

1. Ahyong, Shane T. (21 July 2024). "Trapezioidea Miers, 1886". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
2. Schweitzer, Carrie E. (2005). "The Trapeziidae and Domeciidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) in the fossil record and a new Eocene genus from Baja California Sur, Mexico". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 25 (4): 625–636. doi:10.1651/C-2575.1. JSTOR 4094148.