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Menippidae

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Menippidae

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Menippidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.

Species

FAMILY

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderDecapoda
  5. FamilyMenippidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded40,733

Menippidae Ortmann, 1893 è una famiglia di crostacei decapodi appartenenti alla superfamiglia Eriphioidea.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
260
Family
Menippidae
Collections
UF
Recorded in
United States

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Parent taxon
Eriphioidea
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Encyclopedic overview

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Menippidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda.

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

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