Trapezioidea
Superfamily of crabs
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Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene.[2]
| Trapezioidea Temporal range: | |
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| Trapezia tigrina (Trapeziidae) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Trapezioidea Miers, 1886[1] |
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Families
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following families:[1]
- Calocarcinidae Števčić, 2005
- Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893
- Ectaesthesiidae Ng, Ahyong & Castro, 2023
- Tetraliidae Castro, Ng & Ahyong, 2004
- Trapeziidae Miers, 1886
- † Vicetitrapeziidae Beschin, Busulini & Tessier, 2021
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