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  13. ›Dorippoidea
Dorippidae
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Dorippidae

Dorippidae is a small family of crabs, commonly found in the shallow sand and mud substrate in coastal waters. Though common, they don't contribute any economic value and are often discarded as bycatch.

Dorippidae contains the following genera (extinct genera marked "†"):

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9 branches of this family, most-observed first

Neodorippe

genusNeodorippe

Dorippe

genusDorippe

Paradorippe

genusParadorippe

Medorippe

genusMedorippe

Heikeopsis

genusHeikeopsis

Dorippoides

genusDorippoides

Phyllodorippe

genusPhyllodorippe

Philippidorippe

genusPhilippidorippe

Nobilum

genusNobilum

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Recorded sightings

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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 368091.