Dynomenidae is a

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...

s in the superfamily Dromioidea mostly found in

Madagascar Madagascar, officially the Republic of Madagascar, is an island country that includes the island of Madagascar and numerous smaller peripheral islands. Lying off the southeastern coast of Africa, it is the world's List of islands by area, f ...

. There are nineteen

genera Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...

in this family: five extant and fourteen known from

fossil A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserve ...

s: *'' Acanthodromia'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 *'' Dynomene'' Desmarest, 1823 *'' Hirsutodynomene'' McLay, 1999 *'' Metadynomene'' McLay, 1999 *'' Paradynomene'' Sakai, 1963 *†'' Acanthodiaulax'' Schweitzer ''et al.'', 2003 *†'' Basinotopus'' M'Coy, 1849 *†'' Cyamocarcinus'' Bittner, 1883 *†'' Dromiopsis'' Reuss, 1858 *†'' Dynomenopsis'' Secretan, 1972 *†'' Eotrachynotocarcinus'' Beschin ''et al.'', 2007 *†'' Gemmellarocarcinus'' Checchia-Rispoli, 1905 *†'' Graptocarcinus'' Roemer, 1887 *†'' Kierionopsis'' Davidson, 1966 *†'' Maurimia'' Martins-Neto, 2001 *†'' Ovamene'' Müller & Collins, 1991 *†'' Stephanometopon'' Bosquet, 1854 *†'' Trechmannius'' Collins & Donovan, 2006 *†'' Xandaros'' Bishop, 1988

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