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Menippidae 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 ...
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 of the
order Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to: * A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica * Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood ...
Decapoda The Decapoda or decapods, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (''dekás''), meaning "ten", and πούς (''poús''), meaning "foot", is a large order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, a ...
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Genera

*'' Menippe'' De Haan, 1833 *'' Myomenippe'' Hilgendorf, 1879 *'' Pseudocarcinus'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1834 *'' Ruppellioides'' A. Milne-Edwards, 1867 *'' Sphaerozius'' Stimpson, 1858


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Further reading

* Eriphioidea Decapod families Taxa named by Arnold Edward Ortmann {{Eriphioidea-stub