Goneplacoidea is a
superfamily of
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 containing 11 extant
families
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,
and two families known only from
fossil
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s (marked "†").
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Acidopsidae
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Carinocarcinoididae
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Chasmocarcinidae
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Conleyidae
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Euryplacidae
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Goneplacidae
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Litocheiridae
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Martinocarcinidae
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Mathildellidae
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Progeryonidae
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Scalopidiidae
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Sotoplacidae
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Vultocinidae
References
Crabs
Crustacean superfamilies
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