Dorippidae
| Dorippidae | |
|---|---|
| Paradorippe granulata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Dorippoidea |
| Family: | Macleay, 1838 |
Dorippidae is a small family of crabs, containing the following genera (extinct genera marked "†"):[1]
- † Archaeocypoda Secretan, 1975
- † Bartethusa Quayle & Collins, 1981
- Dorippe Weber, 1795
- Dorippoides Serène & Romimohtarto, 1969
- † Eodorippe Glaessner, 1980
- Heikeopsis Ng, Guinot & Davie, 2008
- † Hillius Bishop, 1983b
- Medorippe Manning & Holthuis, 1981
- Neodorippe Serène & Romimohtarto, 1969
- Nobilum Serène & Romimohtarto, 1969
- Paradorippe Serène & Romimohtarto, 1969
- Philippidorippe H. Chen, 1986
- Phyllodorippe Manning & Holthuis, 1981
- † Sodakus Bishop, 1978
- † Telamonocarcinus Larghi, 2004
- † Tepexicarcinus Feldmann, Vega, Applegate & Bishop, 1998
- † Titanodorippe Blow & Manning, 1996
Legend
In Chinese folklore, after Guan Yu was killed by Lü Meng during the Three Kingdoms period, he transformed into the Guan Gong Crab, also called the Ghost Face Crab or Human Face Crab, distinguished by its red shell resembling a human face.[2]
References
- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ 汉语动物命名考释 (in Chinese). 巴蜀书社. 2005. p. 643. ISBN 978-7-80659-719-4.