Carcinidae
Carcinidae is a family of crabs belonging to the order Decapoda. It has four subfamilies, including Pirimelinae which was previously treated as a family.
Taxonomy
The family as currently circumscribed includes four subfamilies and eight genera, six with living members and two known only through fossils:- Subfamily Carcininae
- * Carcinus
- * Miopipus
- Subfamily Parathranitiinae
- * Parathranites
- Subfamily Pirimelinae
- * Pirimela
- * Sirpus
- Subfamily Platyonichinae
- * Portumnus
- * ''Xaiva''