Pseudozioidea

Pseudozioidea Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Pseudozioidea Alcock, 1898 [1]
Families
Pilumnoididae Planopilumnidae Pseudoziidae

Pseudozioidea is a superfamily of crabs, formerly treated in the Eriphioidea, Carpilioidea, Xanthoidea, Pilumnoidea and Goneplacoidea.^[2] A number of fossils from the Eocene onwards are known from the family Pseudoziidae.^[3] Eleven genera are recognised in three families:^[4]

• Pilumnoididae Guinot & Macpherson, 1987
  • Pilumnoides Lucas, 1844
• Planopilumnidae Serène, 1984
  • Haemocinus Ng, 2003
  • Planopilumnus Balss, 1933
  • Platychelonion Crosnier & Guinot, 1969
• Pseudoziidae Alcock, 1898
  • Archaeozius † Schweitzer, 2003
  • Euryozius Miers, 1886
  • Flindersoplax Davie, 1989
  • Priabonocarcinus † Müller & Collins, 1991
  • Pseudozius Dana, 1851
  • Santeexanthus † Blow & Manning, 1996
  • Tongapapaka † Feldmann, Schweitzer & McLaughlin, 2006

References

1. Peter Davie (2010). "Pseudozioidea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 27, 2010.
2. Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
3. Carrie E. Schweitzer (2003). "Utility of proxy characters for classification of fossils: an example from the fossil Xanthoidea (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)". Journal of Paleontology. 77 (6): 1107–1128. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2003)077<1107:UOPCFC>2.0.CO;2.
4. 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.