Pirimelinae is a subfamily of crabs belonging to the family Carcinidae in the order Decapoda.[1] It previously was treated as a family.[2][3]
| Pirimelinae | |
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| Pirimela denticulata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Carcinidae |
| Subfamily: | Pirimelinae |
Genera
edit- †Parapirimela Van Straelen, 1937
- †Pliopirimela Van Bakel, Jagt, Fraaije & Willie, 2003
- †Trachypirimela Müller, 1974
References
edit- ^ a b WoRMS. "Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ^ a b c De Grave, Sammy; Pentcheff, N. Dean; Ahyong, Shane T.; Chan, Tin-Yam; Crandall, Keith A.; Dworschak, Peter C.; Felder, Darryl L.; Feldmann, Rodney M.; Fransen, Charles H. J. M.; Goulding, Laura Y. D.; Lemaitre, Rafael; Low, Martyn E. Y.; Martin, Joel W.; Ng, Peter K. L.; Schweitzer, Carrie E.; Tan, S. H.; Tshudy, Dale; Wetzer, Regina (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 21 Suppl.: 1–109.
- ^ a b c "Pirimelidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
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