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Trapezioidea
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Trapezioidea

Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals, and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene .

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5 branches of this superfamily, most-observed first

Coral Guard Crabs

familyTrapeziidae

Tetraliidae

familyTetraliidae

Domeciidae

familyDomeciidae

Calocarcinidae

familyCalocarcinidae

Ectaesthesiidae

familyEctaesthesiidae

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 342950.