Trapezioidea
{{Short description|Superfamily of crabs}}
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| image = Trapezia tigrina - Red Spotted Guard Crab.jpg
| image_caption = Trapezia tigrina (Trapeziidae)
| fossil_range = {{fossil_range|Eocene|Recent}}
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| taxon = Trapezioidea
| authority = Miers, 1886 {{cite WoRMS|last=Ahyong|first=Shane T.|author-link=Shane T. Ahyong|date=21 July 2024|title=Trapezioidea Miers, 1886|id=439102|access-date=14 October 2024}}
| subdivision_ranks = Families
| subdivision = See text
}}
Trapezioidea is a superfamily of crabs. Its members live symbiotically with corals and have a fossil record stretching back to the Eocene.{{cite journal |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=625–636 |year=2005 |doi=10.1651/C-2575.1 |jstor=4094148 |title=The Trapeziidae and Domeciidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Xanthoidea) in the fossil record and a new Eocene genus from Baja California Sur, Mexico |last=Schweitzer |first=Carrie E. |doi-access=free }}
Families
The World Register of Marine Species lists the following families:
{{Linked taxon list
| Calocarcinidae | Števčić, 2005
| Domeciidae | Ortmann, 1893
| Ectaesthesiidae | Ng, Ahyong & Castro, 2023
| Tetraliidae | Castro, Ng & Ahyong, 2004
| Trapeziidae | Miers, 1886
| † Vicetitrapeziidae | Beschin, Busulini & Tessier, 2021
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References
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Category:Crustacean superfamilies
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