Menippidae

Menippidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.[1]

Menippidae
Pseudocarcinus gigas
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Menippidae

Ortmann, 1893
Genera

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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

References

  1. P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.


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