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Raninoida

Raninoida
Lyreidus tridentatus.jpg
Lyreidus tridentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Raninoida
De Haan, 1839 
Superfamily: Raninoidea
De Haan, 1839
Families

Raninoida is a taxonomic section of the crabs, containing a single superfamily, Raninoidea. This group of crabs is unlike most, with the abdomen not being folded under the thorax. It comprises 46 extant species, and nearly 200 species known only from fossils.



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