Trapezioidea

Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene.^[2]

Trapezioidea Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Trapezia tigrina (Trapeziidae)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Trapezioidea Miers, 1886 [1]
Families
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Families

The World Register of Marine Species lists the following families:^[1]

• Calocarcinidae Števčić, 2005
• Domeciidae Ortmann, 1893
• Ectaesthesiidae Ng, Ahyong & Castro, 2023
• Tetraliidae Castro, Ng & Ahyong, 2004
• Trapeziidae Miers, 1886
• † Vicetitrapeziidae Beschin, Busulini & Tessier, 2021