Raninoidea

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Raninoidea
Lyreidus tridentatus
Lyreidus tridentatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Raninoida
De Haan, 1839
Superfamily: Raninoidea
De Haan, 1839
Families

Raninidae
Symethidae

Raninoidea is a superfamily of crabs, the only one in the subsection Raninoida. See Raninidae. This species of crab is unlike most, with the abdomen not being folded under the thorax.