Progeryonidae
| Progeryonidae | |
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| Progeryon guinotae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Goneplacoidea |
| Family: | Progeryonidae Števčić, 2005 |
Progeryonidae is a small family of crabs in the order Decapoda. These crabs were until 2005 included in the Goneplacidae as part of the subfamily Carcinoplacinae.[1] Three genera are included:
- Paragalene Kossmann, 1878
- Progeryon Bouvier, 1922
- Rhadinoplax Castro & Ng, 2008
References
[edit]- ^ Peter K. L. Ng & Marivene R. Manuel-Santos (2007). "Establishment of the Vultocinidae, a new family for an unusual new genus and new species of Indo-West Pacific crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea), with comments on the taxonomy of the Goneplacidae" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1558: 39–68.
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