Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Infraorder Brachyura Scientific name Cancroidea Rank Superfamily | Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda Section Eubrachyura Higher classification Heterotremata | |
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Lower classifications Cancridae, Cancer pagurus, Dungeness crab, Pacific rock crab, Jonah crab | ||
Cancroidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the families Atelecyclidae and Cancridae, and tentatively †Montezumellidae. Four other families have been separated into new superfamilies: Cheiragonidae into Cheiragonoidea, Corystidae into Corystoidea, and both Pirimelidae and Thiidae into Portunoidea.
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