Palicoidea Explained

Palicoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the two families Crossotonotidae and Palicidae. Together, they contain 13 genera, including two genera in the Palicidae known only from fossils.^[1] The two families were previously treated as two subfamilies in a Palicidae of wider circumscription.^[2]

Family Crossotonotidae Moosa & Serène, 1981

• Crossotonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
• Pleurophricus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

Family Palicidae Bouvier, 1898

• Eopalicus † Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 1996
• Exopalicus Castro, 2000
• Miropalicus Castro, 2000
• Neopalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Palicoides Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Paliculus Castro, 2000
• Palicus Philippi, 1838
• Parapalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Pseudopalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Rectopalicus Castro, 2000
• Spinipalicus † Beschin & De Angeli, 2003

Notes and References

1. . 2009 . Suppl. 21 . 1–109 . A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans . Sammy De Grave . N. Dean Pentcheff . Shane T. Ahyong . etal.
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 .