- Varunidae
__NOTOC__Taxobox
name = Varunidae
image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Helice tridens "
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Crustacea
classis =Malacostraca
subclassis =Eumalacostraca
superordo =Eucarida
ordo =Decapoda
subordo =Pleocyemata
infraordo =Brachyura
zoosectio =Eubrachyura
zoosubsectio =Thoracotremata
superfamilia =Grapsoidea
familia = Varunidae
familia_authority = Milne-Edwards, 1853
subdivision_ranks =Genera
subdivision = Several, but see textVarunidae is a superfamily of
thoracotremata ncrab s. The delimitation of this family, part of thetaxonomical ly confusingGrapsoidea , are undergoing revision. For long, they were placed at the rank ofsubfamily in theGrapsidae , but they appear to be closest to "Macropthalmus " and theMictyridae , which are usually placed in theOcypodoidea . It may thus be better to merge the latter superfamily with the Grapsoidea, retaining the latter name as it is older.Schubart "et al." (2006)]That nonwithstanding, the revision of the Grapsoidea (in the narrow, apparently
paraphyletic sense) is not fully completed, as manytaxa remain to be restudied. Already, several former Grapsidaegenera have been moved to the Varunidae, and others are tentatively placed here pending detailed study. Among the most notheworthy of these is theChinese Mitten Crab , "Eriocheir sinensis".elected genera
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Austrohelice " - formerly in "Helice"
* "Chasmagnathus " - tentatively placed here
* "Cyclograpsus " - formerly in Grapsidae
* "Eriocheir " - formerly in Grapsidae
* "Helice" - formerly in Grapsidae
* "Helograpsus " - tentatively placed here
* "Hemigrapsus " - tentatively placed here
* "Metaplax " - tentatively placed here
* "Paragrapsus " - tentatively placed here
* "Ptychognathus "
* "Varuna"
* "Xenograpsus "elected species
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Austrohelice crassa " –Tunnelling Mud Crab
* "Cyclograpsus insularum " –Northern Smooth Shore Crab
* "Cyclograpsus integer " –Globose Shore Crab
* "Cyclograpsus lavauxi " –Smooth Shore Crab
* "Eriocheir sinensis " –Chinese Mitten Crab
* "Helice tridens "
* "Helograpsus haswellianus "
* "Hemigrapsus edwardsi " –Common Rock Crab
* "Hemigrapsus crenulatus " –Hairy-handed Crab
* "Hemigrapsus nudus " –Purple Shore Crab
* "Hemigrapsus oregonensis " –Yellow Shore Crab
* "Hemigrapsus sanguineus " –Japanese Shore Crab
* "Hemigrapsus takanoi " Asakura & Watanabe, 2005
* "Xenograpsus ngatama " McLay, 2007Footnotes
References
* (2006): Molecular phylogeny of grapsoid crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) and allies based on two mitochondrial genes and a proposal for refraining from current superfamily classification. "Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research" 44(3): 193–199. doi|10.1111/j.1439-0469.2006.00354.x (HTML abstract)
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