Eriphioidea
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| Eriphioidea | |
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| Eriphia verrucosa (Eriphiidae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Eriphioidea Macleay, 1838 |
| Families | |
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6 families | |
Eriphioidea is a superfamily of crabs. It contains six families:[1][2]
- Dairoididae Števčić, 2005
- Eriphiidae MacLeay, 1838
- Hypothalassiidae Karasawa & Schweitzer, 2006
- Menippidae Ortmann, 1893
- Oziidae Dana, 1851
- Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977
The families are united by a number of characters, including a marked difference in size between the left and right claws, where the larger one has a crushing tooth, and the smaller one does not, and the relative breadth of the male abdomen.[2]
