Inachoididae

Inachoididae
Anasimus latus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Majoidea
Family: Inachoididae
Dana, 1851

Inachoididae is a family of crabs originally erected by James Dwight Dana in 1852. For many years, it was not recognised as a valid family, until the early 1980s.[1] Its members closely resemble those of the family Inachidae, and Inachoididae could be recognised as a subfamily of that family.[1]

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