Gecarcinucoidea

Gecarcinucoidea
	Gecarcinus quadratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Gecarcinucoidea; Rathbun, 1904 [1]
Families
	Gecarcinucidae Rathbun, 1904; Parathelphusidae Alcock, 1910;

Gecarcinucoidea is a superfamily of freshwater crabs. Its members have been grouped into families in various ways, with some authors recognising families such as "Deckeniidae", "Sundathelphusidae", but only two families are currently recognised: Gecarcinucidae and Parathelphusidae.[2]

References

"Gecarcinucoidea Rathbun, 1904". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter 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.

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[1] "Gecarcinucoidea Rathbun, 1904". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 27, 2011.

[Ng-2] Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter 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.