Palicidae

{{Short description|Family of crabs}}

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| image = Rectopalicus amphiceros (MNHN-IU-2010-1816) 001.jpeg

| image_caption = Rectopalicus amphiceros

| taxon = Palicidae

| authority = Bouvier, 1898

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = See text

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The family Palicidae, sometimes called stilt crabs, are a group of crabs. Some genera previously included in this family are now placed in a separate family, the Crossotonotidae.

Genera

The family Palicidae contains nine extant genera and two extinct genera :{{cite journal |journal = Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2009 |volume = Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title = A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |display-authors=etal}}

References

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Category:Crabs

Category:Taxa named by Eugène Louis Bouvier

Category:Decapod families

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