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Dairoidea

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Dairoidea
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Daira perlata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
(unranked): Reptantia
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Dairoidea
Serène, 1965 [1]
Families

Dairoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising two families which each contain a single genus: Dairidae (the living fossil Daira [2]) and Dacryopilumnidae (Dacryopilumnus) .[3]

Species

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Dairidae
Dacryopilumnidae

References

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  1. ^ Peter Davie (2009). "Dairoidea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
  2. ^ Alessandra Busulini; Giuliano Tessier & Claudio Beschin (2006). "The genus Phlyctenodes Milne Edwards, 1862 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Xanthidae) in the Eocene of Europe" (PDF). Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas. 23 (3): 350–360.
  3. ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.
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