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Menippidae is a
family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...
of
crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s of the
order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood * Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
Decapoda The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns. Most decapods are scavengers. The order is esti ...
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Genera

*'' Menippe'' De Haan, 1833 *'' Myomenippe'' Hilgendorf, 1879 *'' Pseudocarcinus'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1834 *'' Ruppellioides'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 *'' Sphaerozius'' Stimpson, 1858


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External links

* * Eriphioidea Decapod families {{Crab-stub