Dorippidae

Dorippidae
Paradorippe granulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Dorippoidea
Family: Dorippidae
Macleay, 1838

Dorippidae is a small family of crabs, containing the following genera (extinct genera marked "†"):[1]

Legend

In Chinese folklore, after Guan Yu was killed by Lü Meng during the Three Kingdoms period, he transformed into the Guan Gong Crab [zh], also called the Ghost Face Crab or Human Face Crab, distinguished by its red shell resembling a human face.[2]

References

  1. ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. ^ 汉语动物命名考释 (in Chinese). 巴蜀书社. 2005. p. 643. ISBN 978-7-80659-719-4.


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