Menippidae

Menippidae
Pseudocarcinus gigas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Superfamily:	Eriphioidea
Family:	Menippidae Ortmann, 1893
Genera
See text

Menippidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.[1]

Genera

• Menippe De Haan, 1833
• Myomenippe Hilgendorf, 1879
• Pseudocarcinus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
• Ruppellioides A. Milne-Edwards, 1867
• Sphaerozius Stimpson, 1858

References

1. P. K. L. Ng, D. Guinot & P. J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.

Further reading

• Peter Davie (2010). "Menippidae". World Register of Marine Species.