Platyxanthidae

Platyxanthidae
Danielethus crenulatus
(formerly Platyxanthus crenulatus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Eriphioidea
Family: Platyxanthidae
Guinot, 1977
Genera

5 genera (see text)

Platyxanthidae is a family of marine crabs in the superfamily Eriphioidea.

Genera

There are five recognized genera:

References

  1. 1 2 "Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977". DecaNet. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Thoma, Brent P.; Ng, Peter K. L.; Felder, Darryl L. (2012). "Review of the family Platyxanthidae Guinot, 1977 (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Eriphioidea), with the description of a new genus and a key to genera and species". Zootaxa. 3498 (1): 1–23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3498.1.1.