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Palicidae
Sign in to saveThe family Palicidae, sometimes called stilt crabs, are a group of crabs. Some genera previously included in this family are now placed in a separate family, the Crossotonotidae.
Species
stilt crabs
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderDecapoda
- FamilyPalicidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 230
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Palicidae
- Collections
- CAS, USNM, NMV, TCWC, QM, UF
- Recorded in
- Philippines, Ecuador, French Polynesia, United States, Australia, Brazil, Honduras, Panama
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Genera
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The family Palicidae, sometimes called stilt crabs, are a group of crabs. Some genera previously included in this family are now placed in a separate family, the Crossotonotidae.
==Genera== The family Palicidae contains nine extant genera and two extinct genera : 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 †
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