Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Rank Superfamily | Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Infraorder Brachyura | |
Similar Dairoidea, Retroplumidae, Eriphioidea, Homoloidea, Corystidae | ||
Palicoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the two families Crossotonotidae and Palicidae. Together, they contain 13 genera, including two genera in the Palicidae known only from fossils. The two families were previously treated as two subfamilies in a Palicidae of wider circumscription.
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