Carcinidae

Carcinidae is a family of crabs belonging to the order Decapoda.[1] It has four subfamilies, including Pirimelinae which was previously treated as a family.[2][3]

Carcinidae
Carcinus maenas
Pirimela denticulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Portunoidea
Family: Carcinidae
MacLeay, 1838

Taxonomy

The family as currently circumscribed includes four subfamilies and eight genera, six with living members and two known only through fossils:[1]

  • †Ramacarcinus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2017
  • Subfamily Carcininae MacLeay, 1838
    • Carcinus Leach, 1814
    • †Miopipus Müller, 1984
  • Subfamily Parathranitiinae Spiridonov, 2020
  • Subfamily Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899
    • Pirimela Leach, 1816
    • Sirpus Gordon, 1953
  • Subfamily Platyonichinae Dana, 1851
    • Portumnus Leach, 1814
    • Xaiva MacLeay, 1838

References
  1. WoRMS. "Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. De Grave, Sammy; Pentcheff, N. Dean; Ahyong, Shane T.; Chan, Tin-Yam; Crandall, Keith A.; Dworschak, Peter C.; Felder, Darryl L.; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Fransen, Charles H. J. M.; Goulding, Laura Y. D.; Lemaitre, Rafael; Low, Martyn E. Y.; Martin, Joel W.; Ng, Peter K. L.; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Tan, S. H.; Tshudy, Dale; Wetzer, Regina (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 21 Suppl.: 1–109.
  3. "Pirimelidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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