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Heterotrematan Crabs
Heterotremata
Heterotremata is a clade of crabs, comprising those crabs in which the genital openings are on the sternum in females, but on the legs in males. It comprises 68 families in 28 superfamilies.
31 branches of this group, most-observed first
Swimming Crabs and Allies
superfamilyPortunoidea
Spider Crabs and Decorator Crabs
superfamilyMajoidea
Rock and Horse Crabs
superfamilyCancroidea
Xanthoid Crabs
superfamilyXanthoidea
Old World Freshwater Crabs
superfamilyPotamoidea
Eriphioidea
superfamilyEriphioidea
Gecarcinucoidea
superfamilyGecarcinucoidea
Box and Moon Crabs
superfamilyCalappoidea
Pseudothelphusoidea
superfamilyPseudothelphusoidea
Pilumnoidea
superfamilyPilumnoidea
Leucosioidea
superfamilyLeucosioidea
Trapezioidea
superfamilyTrapezioidea
Helmet Crabs
superfamilyCheiragonoidea
Hymenosomatoidea
superfamilyHymenosomatoidea
Trichodactyloidea
superfamilyTrichodactyloidea
Aethroidea
superfamilyAethroidea
Parthenopoidea
superfamilyParthenopoidea
Carpilioidea
superfamilyCarpilioidea
Corystoidea
superfamilyCorystoidea
Bellioidea
superfamilyBellioidea
Dorippoidea
superfamilyDorippoidea
Goneplacoidea
superfamilyGoneplacoidea
Trichopeltarioidea
superfamilyTrichopeltarioidea
Pseudozioidea
superfamilyPseudozioidea
Dairoidea
superfamilyDairoidea
Palicoidea
superfamilyPalicoidea
Tiger Crabs
superfamilyOrithyioidea
Pseudocarcinoidea
superfamilyPseudocarcinoidea
Hexapodoidea
superfamilyHexapodoidea
Bythograeoidea
superfamilyBythograeoidea
Retroplumoidea
superfamilyRetroplumoidea
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 447514.