Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Portunoidea > Family Carcinidae

Platyonichinae Dana, 1851

Rank: Subfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Portumnus Leach, 1814
Xaiva MacLeay, 1838

Literature

original description

Dana, J. D. (1851). On the classification of the Cancroidea. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 12(34): 121–131.

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Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Platyonichinae Dana, 1851. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:877510

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2022-08-21 by Christopher B. Boyko

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