Biology:Ovalipidae
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Short description: Family of crustaceans
| Ovalipidae | |
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| Ovalipes australiensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Portunoidea |
| Family: | Ovalipidae Spiridonov, Neretina & Schepetov, 2014 |
Ovalipidae is a family of sand crabs in the order Decapoda. There are at least 3 genera and more than 20 described species in Ovalipidae. These were formerly members of the family Portunidae[1][2]
Genera
These three genera belong to the family Ovalipidae:
- Echinolatus Davie & Crosnier, 2006
- Nectocarcinus A.Milne-Edwards, 1860
- Ovalipes Rathbun, 1898
References
- ↑ "Ovalipidae". https://www.gbif.org/species/8611847. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ↑ WoRMS Editorial Board (2019). "Taxonomy". WoRMS taxon details, Ovalipidae Spiridonov, Neretina & Schepetov, 2014. VLIZ. doi:10.14284/170. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=877516. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
Further reading
- Nizinski, Martha S. (2003). "Annotated checklist of decapod crustaceans of Atlantic coastal and continental shelf waters of the United States". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116 (1): 96–157. ISSN 0006-324X. https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/12091/12091.pdf.
- Scholtz, Gerhard; Richter, Stefan (1995). "Phylogenetic systematics of the reptantian Decapoda (Crustacea, Malacostraca)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 113 (3): 289–328. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1995.tb00936.x. https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/826/826.pdf.
- Stebbing, Thomas Roscoe Rede (1893). A History of Crustacea: Recent Malacostraca. D. Appleton. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/11269#/summary.
Wikidata ☰ Q26200354 entry
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