Dynomenidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Dromioidea mostly found in Madagascar. There are nineteen genera in this family: five extant and fourteen known from fossils:[2]
Dynomenidae | |
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Dynomene hispida | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Superfamily: | Dromioidea |
Family: | Dynomenidae Ortmann, 1892[1] |
Genera | |
19 (14 fossil, 5 extant), See below |