Thoracotremata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Decapoda Suborder: Pleocyemata Infraorder: Brachyura Section: Eubrachyura Subsection: Thoracotremata
Families
See text.

Thoracotremata is a clade of crabs, comprising those crabs in which the genital openings are on the sternum, rather than on the legs in both sexes.

Superfamilies and families

• Pinnotheroidea
  • Pinnotheridae
• Ocypodoidea
  • Camptandriidae
  • Mictyridae
  • Ocypodidae
  • Palicidae
• Grapsoidea
  • Gecarcinidae
  • Glyptograpsidae
  • Grapsidae
  • Plagusiidae
  • Sesarmidae
  • Varunidae

References

• Martin, J. W. & Davis, G. E. (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, 132 pp.. 

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