Cryptochiridae

Cryptochiridae
Cryptochiridae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Cryptochiroidea
Paulson, 1875
Family: Cryptochiridae
Paulson, 1875
Genera

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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

  1. ^ "Strange behaviour of reef crabs". The Australian Wonder Book of Knowledge. http://www.wonderbookofknowledge.com/reefcrabbehavior.php. Retrieved August 30, 2007. 
  2. ^ "Cryptochiridae Paulson, 1875". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=99132. Retrieved February 21, 2011. 
  3. ^ 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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