Dairoidea Explained

Dairoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising two families which each contain a single genus: Dairidae (the living fossil Daira ^[1]) and Dacryopilumnidae (Dacryopilumnus) .^[2]

Species

Dairidae

• Daira americana Stimpson, 1860
• Daira coronata Beschin, De Angeli, Checchi & Zarantonello, 2005 †
• Daira depressa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1865) †
• Daira perlata (Herbst, 1790)
• Daira salebrosa Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2002 †
• Daira sicula (Di Salvo, 1933) †
• Daira speciosa (Reuss, 1871) †
• Daira vulgaris Portell & Collins, 2004 †

Dacryopilumnidae

• Dacryopilumnus eremita Nobili, 1906
• Dacryopilumnus rathbunae Balss, 1932

Notes and References

1. The genus Phlyctenodes Milne Edwards, 1862 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Xanthidae) in the Eocene of Europe . Alessandra Busulini . Giuliano Tessier . Claudio Beschin . amp . . 23 . 3 . 2006 . 350–360 .
2. . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng . Danièle Guinot . Peter J. F. Davie . amp . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 2011-06-06 .