Inachoididae is a
family of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s originally erected by
James Dwight Dana in 1852. It was not recognised as a valid family until the early 1980s.
Its members closely resemble those of the family
Inachidae, and the Inachoididae could be recognised as a subfamily of that family.
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Aepinus Aepinus may refer to:
* Aepinus (crater) named after Franz Aepinus
* ''Aepinus'' (crab), a genus of crabs
* Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus (1724–1802), a German natural philosopher
* Johannes Aepinus
Johannes Aepinus (Johann Hoeck) (1499–1553) ...
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Rathbun, 1897
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Anasimus''
A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
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Arachnopsis''
Stimpson, 1871
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Batrachonotus''
Stimpson, 1871
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Collodes''
Stimpson, 1860
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Euprognatha''
Stimpson, 1871
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Inachoides''
H. Milne-Edwards & Lucas, 1842
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Leurocyclus''
Rathbun, 1897
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Paradasygyius''
Garth, 1958
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Pyromaia''
Stimpson, 1871
References
Majoidea
Decapod families
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