Carcinidae Explained

Carcinidae is a family of crabs belonging to the order Decapoda. It has four subfamilies, including Pirimelinae which was previously treated as a family.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

The family as currently circumscribed includes four subfamilies and eight genera, six with living members and two known only through fossils:

• Ramacarcinus
  • • Subfamily Carcininae Carcinus
  • Miopipus
    • Subfamily Parathranitiinae Parathranites
    • Subfamily Pirimelinae Pirimela
  • Sirpus
    • Subfamily Platyonichinae Portumnus
  • Xaiva

Notes and References

1. . 2009 . 21 Suppl. . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . 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 .
2. Web site: Pirimelidae . www.gbif.org . 5 June 2021 . en.