- Cryptochiridae
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Cryptochiridae Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Infraorder: Brachyura Superfamily: Cryptochiroidea
Paulson, 1875Family: Cryptochiridae
Paulson, 1875Genera See text
Cryptochiridae is a family of crabs, known as gall crabs, because the females cause corals to form protective galls around themselves.[1] The family is placed in its own superfamily, Cryptochiroidea. It contains the following genera:[2][3]
- Cryptochirus Heller, 1861
- Hapalocarcinus Stimpson, 1859
- Neotroglocarcinus Fize & Serene, 1957
- Opecarcinus Kropp & Manning, 1987
- Pelycomaia Kropp, 1990
- Pseudocryptochirus Hiro, 1938
- Pseudohapalocarcinus Fize & Serène, 1956
- Troglocarcinus Verrill, 1908
- Utinomiella Kropp & Takeda, 1988
- Cecidocarcinus Kropp & Manning, 1987
- Dacryomaia Kropp, 1990
- Detocarcinus Kropp & Manning, 1987
- Fizesereneia Takeda & Tamura, 1980
- Fungicola Serene, 1966
- Hiroia Takeda & Tamura, 1981
- Lithoscaptus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
- Luciades Kropp & Manning, 1996
- Sphenomaia Kropp, 1990
- Xynomaia Kropp, 1990
- Zibrovia Kropp & Manning, 1996
References
- ^ "Strange behaviour of reef crabs". The Australian Wonder Book of Knowledge. http://www.wonderbookofknowledge.com/reefcrabbehavior.php. Retrieved August 30, 2007.
- ^ "Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=99132. Retrieved February 21, 2011.
- ^ P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf.
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