Portunoidea

Portunoidea
	Portumnus latipes of the Portunidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Portunoidea; Rafinesque, 1815
Families
	14 extant and 4 extinct families; 1 extinct genus: see text

Portunoidea is a superfamily of crabs that includes the family Portunidae, the swimming crabs. Which other crab families are also placed here is a matter of some contention, and may be revised following molecular phylogenetic analyses.^[2]

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Portunoidea

Portumnus latipes of the Portunidae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Portunoidea Rafinesque, 1815
Families^[1]
14 extant and 4 extinct families; 1 extinct genus: see text

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Portunoidea

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