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Pirimelinae
Taxonomy
Pirimelidae was named by Alcock (1899). It is extant. Its type is Pirimela.
It was reranked as the subfamily Pirimelinae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Portunoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Carcinidae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).
It was reranked as the subfamily Pirimelinae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Portunoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Carcinidae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1899 | Pirimelidae Alcock |
| 2010 | Pirimelidae Schweitzer et al. p. 108 |
| 2021 | Pirimelinae Schweitzer et al. p. 5 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available