Raninoida | |
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Lyreidus tridentatus | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Section: | Raninoida De Haan, 1839 [1] |
Superfamily: | Raninoidea De Haan, 1839 |
Families | |
Raninoida is a taxonomicsection of thecrabs, containing a singlesuperfamily,Raninoidea. This group of crabs is unlike most, with theabdomen not being folded under thethorax. It comprises 46 extant species, and nearly 200 species known only fromfossils.[1]
Below is acladogram showing Raninoidea's placement withinBrachyura:[2][3]