Trapezioidea
Appearance
	
	
| Trapezioidea Temporal range:  
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|---|---|
| Trapezia tigrina (Trapeziidae) | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Malacostraca | 
| Order: | Decapoda | 
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata | 
| Infraorder: | Brachyura | 
| Section: | Eubrachyura | 
| Subsection: | Heterotremata | 
| Superfamily: | Trapezioidea Miers, 1886[1]  | 
| Families | |
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Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene.[2]
Families
[edit]The World Register of Marine Species lists the following families:[1]
- Calocarcinidae Števčić, 2005
 - Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893
 - Ectaesthesiidae Ng, Ahyong & Castro, 2023
 - Tetraliidae Castro, Ng & Ahyong, 2004
 - Trapeziidae Miers, 1886
 - †Vicetitrapeziidae Beschin, Busulini & Tessier, 2021
 
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ahyong, Shane T. (21 July 2024). "Trapezioidea Miers, 1886". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
 - ^ Schweitzer, Carrie E. (2005). "The Trapeziidae and Domeciidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) in the fossil record and a new Eocene genus from Baja California Sur, Mexico". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 25 (4): 625–636. doi:10.1651/C-2575.1. JSTOR 4094148.