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Raninoida

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Kingdom
  
Infraorder
  
Brachyura

Phylum
  
Rank
  
Section

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Scientific name
  
Raninoida

Higher classification
  
Crab

Order
  
Decapoda

Raninoida

Superfamily
  
RaninoideaDe 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.

References

Raninoida Wikipedia


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