Pirimelinae Explained

Pirimelinae is a subfamily of crabs belonging to the family Carcinidae in the order Decapoda. It previously was treated as a family.^{[1] [2]}

Genera

Extant genera:^[1]

• Pirimela Leach, 1816
• Sirpus Gordon, 1953

Extinct genera:^[1]

• Parapirimela Van Straelen, 1937
• Pliopirimela Van Bakel, Jagt, Fraaije & Willie, 2003
• Trachypirimela Müller, 1974

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.