Bythograeidae

Taxobox
name = Bythograeidae

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image_caption = "Austinograea yunohana"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Crustacea
classis = Malacostraca
ordo = Decapoda
infraordo = Brachyura
superfamilia = Bythograeoidea
superfamilia_authority = Williams, 1980
familia = Bythograeidae
familia_authority = Williams, 1980
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Allograea"
* "Austinograea"
* "Bythograea"
* "Cyanagraea"
* "Gandalfus"
* "Segonzacia"

Bythograeidae is a small family of crabs which live around hydrothermal vents. The family contains 13 species in 6 genera [cite journal |quotes=no |author=Colin McLay |year=2007 |title=New crabs from hydrothermal vents of the Kermadec Ridge submarine volcanoes, New Zealand: "Gandalfus" gen. nov. (Bythograeidae) and "Xenograpsus" (Varunidae) (Decapoda: Brachyura) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1524 |pages=1–22 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/z01524p022f.pdf] . Their relationships to other crabs is unclear cite book |url=http://www.nhm.org/research/publications/CrustaceaClassification.pdf |title=An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea |author=Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis |year=2001 |pages=132 pp |publisher=Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County |format=PDF] .

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