Dorippoidea

Dorippoidea
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent
Paradorippe granulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Dorippoidea
Macleay, 1838
Families

Dorippoidea is a superfamily of crabs. The earliest fossils attributable to the Dorippoidea date from the Late Cretaceous.

Dorippoidea contains the following families:

References

  1. ↑ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  2. ↑ Andreas Brösing (2008). "A reconstruction of an evolutionary scenario for the Brachyura (Decapoda) in the context of the Cretaceous–Tertiary boundary" (PDF). Crustaceana. 81 (3): 271–287. Bibcode:2008Crust..81..271B. doi:10.1163/156854008783564091.
  3. ↑ "Dorippoidea MacLeay, 1838". World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved Oct 9, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Dorippoidea MacLeay, 1838". Marine Species Traits. 2025. Retrieved Oct 9, 2025.