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WoRMS taxon details

Hippoidea 
AphiaID: 106686

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Anomura (Infraorder)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Edited by Database Management Team
Rank Superfamily
Parent Anomura
Sources  basis of record: Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Boyko, Christopher B.; McLaughlin, Patsy A. (2010). Annotated checklist of anomuran decapod crustaceans of the world (exclusive of the Kiwaoidea and families Chirostylidae and Galatheidae of the Galatheoidea) Part IV – Hippoidea. THE RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY. Supplement No. 23: 139-151 [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English mole crabs  [details]
English sand crabs  [details]
Direct child
taxa		 Family Albuneidae Stimpson, 1858
Family Blepharipodidae Boyko, 2002
Family Hippidae Latreille, 1825
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106686
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  Türkay, Michael
2005-05-02 12:40:44Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Hippoidea. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106686 on 2013-05-26
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