Albuneidae

Albuneidae Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Anomura
Superfamily:	Hippoidea
Family:	Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858
Genera
Albuneinae Albunea Paralbunea Squillalbunea Stemonopa Zygopa Lepidopinae Austrolepidopa Lepidopa Leucolepidopa Paraleucolepidopa

Albuneinae

Lepidopinae

Albuneidae is a little-known family of specialized burrowing sand crabs. There are 50 extant species as well as nine fossil species that have been described. Fossil specimens have been described from the Cretaceous,Miocene and Oligocene.