Kingdom Animalia Infraorder Brachyura Phylum Arthropoda Rank Section | Subphylum Crustacea Scientific name Raninoida Higher classification Crab Order Decapoda | |
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Superfamily Raninoidea
De Haan, 1839 Similar Homoloidea, Crab, Dromiacea, Crustacean, Decapoda | ||
Raninoida is a taxonomic section of the crabs, containing a single superfamily, Raninoidea. This group of crabs is unlike most, with the abdomen not being folded under the thorax. It comprises 46 extant species, and nearly 200 species known only from fossils.
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