Oregoniidae

Oregoniidae
Oregoniidae
Hyas araneus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Majoidea
Family: Oregoniidae
Garth, 1958
Genera
  • Chionoecetes Krøyer, 1838
  • Hyas Leach, 1814
  • Macroregonia Sakai, 1978
  • Oregonia Dana, 1851

Oregoniidae is a family of crabs, formerly included in the family Majidae. It contains the four genera Chionoecetes, Hyas, Macroregonia and Oregonia.[1]

References

  1. ^ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 


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