Albuneidae

Albuneidae Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Anomura
Superfamily:	Hippoidea
Family:	Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858
Genera[1]
Albuneinae Albunea Paralbunea Squillalbunea Stemonopa Zygopa Lepidopinae Austrolepidopa Lepidopa Leucolepidopa Paraleucolepidopa

Albuneidae is a little-known family of specialized burrowing sand crabs. There are 50 extant species as well as nine fossil species that have been described.^[1] Fossil specimens have been described from the Cretaceous,^[2] Miocene^[3] and Oligocene.^[4]