Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals, and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene.[2]
| Trapezioidea Temporal range:
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| Trapezia tigrina (Trapeziidae) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Trapezioidea Miers, 1886 [1] |
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Families edit
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following families:[1]
- Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893
- Tetraliidae Castro, Ng & Ahyong, 2004
- Trapeziidae Miers, 1886
References edit
- ^ a b Davie, Peter (2015). "Trapezioidea Miers, 1886". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
- ^ Carrie E. Schweitzer (2005). "The Trapeziidae and Domeciidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) in the fossil record and a new Eocene genus from Baja California Sur, Mexico". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 25 (4): 625–636. doi:10.1651/C-2575.1.
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