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 Trapezioidea

Trapeziidae Miers, 1886

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Trapeziinae Miers, 1886

Literature

original description	Miers, E.J. (1886). Report on the Brachyura collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. XVII(XLIX): l [= 50] + 362 pp., pls. I-XXIX.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Ng, P. K. L., Ahyong, S. T. & Castro, P. (2023). Re-appraisal of the families and subfamilies of Trapezioidea Miers, 1886, with establishment of a new family, Ectaesthesiidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 71: 606–631.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Trapeziidae Miers, 1886. 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:106768