Cancroidea is a superfamily of
crabs, comprising the families
Atelecyclidae and
Cancridae.
[ http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/vols/epoca04/6502/%2810%29Osso.pdf] Four other families have been separated into new superfamilies:
Cheiragonidae into
Cheiragonoidea,
Corystidae into
Corystoidea, and both
Pirimelidae and
Thiidae into
Portunoidea
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Portunoidea is a superfamily of crabs that includes the family Portunidae, the swimming crabs. Which other crab families are also placed here is a matter of some contention, and may be revised following molecular phylogenetic analyse ...
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Montezumellidae has been moved from Cancroidea to his own Superfamily Montezumelloidea Ossó & Domínguez, 2019 (Zootaxa, 4623 (1): 175–188).
References
Crabs
Arthropod superfamilies
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