Carcinidae is a family of crabs belonging to the order Decapoda.[1] It has four subfamilies, including Pirimelinae which was previously treated as a family.[2][3]
| Carcinidae | |
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| Carcinus maenas | |
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| Pirimela denticulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Portunoidea |
| Family: | Carcinidae MacLeay, 1838 |
Taxonomy edit
The family as currently circumscribed includes four subfamilies and eight genera, six with living members and two known only through fossils:[1]
- †Ramacarcinus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2017
- Subfamily Carcininae MacLeay, 1838
- Subfamily Parathranitiinae Spiridonov, 2020
- Parathranites Miers, 1886
- Subfamily Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899
- Subfamily Platyonichinae Dana, 1851
References edit
- ^ a b WoRMS. "Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ De Grave, Sammy; Pentcheff, N. Dean; Ahyong, Shane T.; Chan, Tin-Yam; Crandall, Keith A.; Dworschak, Peter C.; Felder, Darryl L.; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Fransen, Charles H. J. M.; Goulding, Laura Y. D.; Lemaitre, Rafael; Low, Martyn E. Y.; Martin, Joel W.; Ng, Peter K. L.; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Tan, S. H.; Tshudy, Dale; Wetzer, Regina (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 21 Suppl.: 1–109.
- ^ "Pirimelidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.