Cryptochiridae
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Cryptochiridae is a family of crab
s, known as gall crabs, because the females cause coral
s to form protective gall
s around themselves. The family is placed in its own superfamily, Cryptochiroidea. It contains the following genera:
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s, known as gall crabs, because the females cause coral
Coral
Corals are marine animals in class Anthozoa of phylum Cnidaria typically living in compact colonies of many identical individual "polyps". The group includes the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and secrete calcium carbonate to form a hard skeleton.A coral "head" is a colony of...
s to form protective gall
Gall
Galls or cecidia are outgrowths on the surface of lifeforms caused by invasion by other lifeforms, such as parasites or bacterial infection. Plant galls are abnormal outgrowths of plant tissues and can be caused by various parasites, from fungi and bacteria, to insects and mites...
s around themselves. The family is placed in its own superfamily, Cryptochiroidea. It contains the following genera:
- Cryptochirus Heller, 1861
- Hapalocarcinus Stimpson, 1859
- Neotroglocarcinus Fize & Serene, 1957
- Opecarcinus Kropp & Manning, 1987
- Pelycomaia Kropp, 1990
- Pseudocryptochirus Hiro, 1938
- Pseudohapalocarcinus Fize & Serène, 1956
- Troglocarcinus Verrill, 1908
- Utinomiella Kropp & Takeda, 1988
- Cecidocarcinus Kropp & Manning, 1987
- Dacryomaia Kropp, 1990
- Detocarcinus Kropp & Manning, 1987
- Fizesereneia Takeda & Tamura, 1980
- Fungicola Serene, 1966
- Hiroia Takeda & Tamura, 1981
- Lithoscaptus A. Milne-Edwards, 1862
- Luciades Kropp & Manning, 1996
- Sphenomaia Kropp, 1990
- Xynomaia Kropp, 1990
- Zibrovia Kropp & Manning, 1996