Podotremata
| Podotremata | |
|---|---|
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| Dromia dormia (Dromioidea: Dromiidae) feeding on a sea urchin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: |
Podotremata Guinot, 1977 |
| Superfamilies | |
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5; see text |
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5; see text
In some taxonomic systems, Podotremata is the smaller of the two sections making up the crabs (Brachyura). Morphological and molecular analyses do not reveal a monophyletic Podotremata, and so the most recent classifications divide "Podotremata" into three sections: Dromiacea, Cyclodorippoidea and Raninoida.
This group contains the following superfamilies (with their current sections indicated in parentheses):
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