Palicoidea

Palicoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising the two families Crossotonotidae and Palicidae. Together, they contain 13 genera, including two genera in the Palicidae known only from fossils.^[2] The two families were previously treated as two subfamilies in a Palicidae of wider circumscription.^[3][4]

Family Crossotonotidae Moosa & Serène, 1981

• Crossotonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
• †Montemagrellus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2014
• Pleurophricus A. Milne-Edwards, 1873

Family Palicidae Bouvier, 1898

• †Eopalicus Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 1996
• Exopalicus Castro, 2000
• Miropalicus Castro, 2000
• Neopalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Palicoides Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Paliculus Castro, 2000
• Palicus Philippi, 1838
• Parapalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Pseudopalicus Moosa & Serène, 1981
• Rectopalicus Castro, 2000
• †Spinipalicus Beschin & De Angeli, 2003

Palicoidea
Palicus fragilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Palicoidea Bouvier, 1898 [1]
Families
Crossotonotidae Palicidae