Cheiragonidae

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Cheiragonidae
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
File:Erimacrus isenbeckii.jpg
Erimacrus isenbeckii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Cancroidea
Family: Cheiragonidae
Ortmann, 1893[1]
Synonyms[2]

Telmessidae Guinot, 1977

Cheiragonidae is a small family of crabs, sometimes called helmet crabs,[1] placed in its own superfamily, Cheriagonoidea.[2][3] It comprises three extant species, Erimacrus isenbeckii, Telmessus acutidens and Telmessus cheiragonus;[2] there are no yet evidences of Cheiragonidae in the fossil record.[3][4] Many of these crabs were formerly treated as members of the Atelecyclidae.[5][6]

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