Dairoidea

Dairoidea is a superfamily of crabs, comprising two families which each contain a single genus: Dairidae (the living fossil Daira ^[2]) and Dacryopilumnidae (Dacryopilumnus) .^[3]

Dairoidea Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Daira perlata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
(unranked):	Reptantia
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Eubrachyura
Subsection:	Heterotremata
Superfamily:	Dairoidea Serène, 1965 [1]
Families
Dacryopilumnidae Dairidae

Species

Dairidae

• Daira americana Stimpson, 1860
• Daira coronata Beschin, De Angeli, Checchi & Zarantonello, 2005 †
• Daira depressa (A. Milne-Edwards, 1865) †
• Daira perlata (Herbst, 1790)
• Daira salebrosa Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2002 †
• Daira sicula (Di Salvo, 1933) †
• Daira speciosa (Reuss, 1871) †
• Daira vulgaris Portell & Collins, 2004 †

Dacryopilumnidae

• Dacryopilumnus eremita Nobili, 1906
• Dacryopilumnus rathbunae Balss, 1932

References

1. Peter Davie (2009). "Dairoidea". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 23, 2010.
2. Alessandra Busulini; Giuliano Tessier & Claudio Beschin (2006). "The genus Phlyctenodes Milne Edwards, 1862 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Xanthidae) in the Eocene of Europe" (PDF). Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas. 23 (3): 350–360.
3. Ng, Peter K. L.; Guinot, Danièle; Davie, Peter J. F. (January 2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 8 June 2011 – via the National University of Singapore.