Palicoidea

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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.

Family Crossotonotidae Moosa & Serène, 1981

Crossotonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

Pleurophricus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

Family Palicidae Bouvier, 1898

Eopalicus † Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 1996

Exopalicus Castro, 2000

Miropalicus Castro, 2000

Neopalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981

Palicoides Moosa & Serène, 1981

Paliculus Castro, 2000

Palicus Philippi, 1838

Parapalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981

Pseudopalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981

Rectopalicus Castro, 2000

Spinipalicus † Beschin & De Angeli, 2003

References

Palicoidea Wikipedia

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