Suborder Pleocyemata Scientific name Pinnotheridae Higher classification Pinnotheroidea | Infraorder Brachyura Rank Family | |
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Superfamily PinnotheroideaDe Haan, 1833 Lower classifications Pea crab, Parapinnixa, Gemmotheres, Parapinnixa hendersoni, Parapinnixa bouvieri, Zaops | ||
The Pinnotheridae are a family of tiny soft-bodied crabs that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve molluscs (and the occasional large gastropod mollusc species in genera such as Strombus and Haliotis). The earliest fossils attributable to the Pinnotheridae date from the Danian.
Genera and species
This is a comprehensive list of species in the family, as of 2008:
References
Pinnotheridae Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA