Cancroidea

Cancroidea
Cancer pagurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Cancroidea Latreille, 1802
Families
Atelecyclidae Cancridae

Cancroidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the families Atelecyclidae and Cancridae.^[1] Four other families have been separated into new superfamilies: Cheiragonidae into Cheiragonoidea, Corystidae into Corystoidea, and both Pirimelidae and Thiidae into Portunoidea.^[2] Montezumellidae has been moved from Cancroidea to his own Superfamily Montezumelloidea.^[3]

1. ^ Ossó, À.; Domínguez, J.L. (2013). "A proposal for a new family: Montezumellidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and description of new genus and species Moianella cervantesi from the Priabonian (late Eocene) of Catalonia (NE of Iberian Peninsula)". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana. 65 (2): 285–298. Bibcode:2013BoSGM..65..285O. doi:10.18268/BSGM2013v65n2a10. http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/vols/epoca04/6502/%2810%29Osso.pdf
2. ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-12-06.
3. ^ Ossó, Àlex; Domínguez, José Luis (2019-06-24). "On the systematic placement of Montezumellidae Ossó & Domínguez, 2013 (Decapoda: Brachyura: Eubrachyura)". Zootaxa. 4623 (1): 175–188. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4623.1.12. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31716282.

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