Trichodactylidae
Family of crabs
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Trichodactylidae is a family of crabs, in its own superfamily, Trichodactyloidea. They are all freshwater animals from Central and South America,[2] including some offshore islands, such as Ilhabela, São Paulo.[3] Only one of the 50 species is known from the fossil record, Sylviocarcinus piriformis from the Miocene of Colombia.[4] The family contains 15 genera in two subfamilies:[5]
- Subfamily Dilocarcininae Pretzmann, 1978
- Bottiella Magalhães & Türkay, 1996
- Dilocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Forsteria Bott, 1969
- Fredilocarcinus Pretzmann, 1978
- Goyazana Bott, 1969
- Melocarcinus Magalhães & Türkay, 1996
- Moreirocarcinus Magalhães & Türkay, 1996
- Poppiana Bott, 1969
- Rotundovaldivia Pretzmann, 1968
- Sylviocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Valdivia White, 1847
- Zilchiopsis Bott, 1969
- Subfamily Trichodactylinae H. Milne-Edwards, 1853
- Avotrichodactylus Pretzmann, 1968
- Rodriguezia Bott, 1969
- Trichodactylus Latreille, 1829
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Clade: | Reptantia |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Trichodactyloidea H. Milne-Edwards, 1835 |
| Family: | Trichodactylidae H. Milne-Edwards, 1835 [1] |
