Cancroidea
Superfamily of crabs
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Cancroidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the families Atelecyclidae and Cancridae.[1] Four other families have been separated into new superfamilies: Cheiragonidae into Cheiragonoidea, Corystidae into Corystoidea, and both Pirimelidae and Thiidae into Portunoidea.[2] Montezumellidae has been moved from Cancroidea to his own Superfamily Montezumelloidea.[3]
| Cancroidea | |
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| Cancer pagurus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Cancroidea Latreille, 1802 |
| Families | |