Inachoididae is a
family
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of
crabs originally erected by
James Dwight Dana
James Dwight Dana FRS FRSE (February 12, 1813 – April 14, 1895) was an American geologist, mineralogist, volcanologist, and zoologist. He made pioneering studies of mountain-building, volcanic activity, and the origin and structure of continent ...
in 1852. It was not recognised as a valid family until the early 1980s.
Its members closely resemble those of the family
Inachidae, and the Inachoididae could be recognised as a subfamily of that family.
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Aepinus''
Rathbun, 1897
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Anasimus''
A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
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Arachnopsis''
Stimpson, 1871
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Batrachonotus''
Stimpson, 1871
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Collodes''
Stimpson, 1860
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Euprognatha''
Stimpson, 1871
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Inachoides''
H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1842
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Leurocyclus''
Rathbun, 1897
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Paradasygyius''
Garth, 1958
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Pyromaia''
Stimpson, 1871
References
Majoidea
Decapod families
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