Dynomenidae | |
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Dynomene hispida | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Section: | Dromiacea |
Superfamily: | Dromioidea |
Family: |
Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892 |
Genera | |
19 (14 fossil, 5 extant), See below. |
19 (14 fossil, 5 extant), See below.
Dynomenidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Dromioidea mostly found in Madagascar. There are nineteen genera in this family: five extant and fourteen known from fossils: