Podotremata

Podotremata is a traditionally used section of crabs (Brachyura), now considered to be invalid. It was the smaller grouping of crabs, separate from the larger Eubrachyura section. Morphological and molecular analyses do not reveal a monophyletic Podotremata, but rather that it is paraphyletic, and so the most recent classifications divide "Podotremata" into three sections: Dromiacea, Cyclodorippoidea and Raninoida.^[1][2]

Podotremata
Dromia dormia (Dromioidea: Dromiidae) feeding on a sea urchin
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Section:	Podotremata Guinot, 1977
Superfamilies
5; see text

This group contains the following superfamilies (with their current sections indicated in parentheses):

• Cyclodorippoidea (Cyclodorippoida)
• Homolodromioidea (Dromiacea)
• Dromioidea (Dromiacea)
• Homoloidea (Dromiacea)
• Raninoidea (Raninoida)

Here is a cladogram showing the placement of the former members of Podetremata (highlighted in bold) within Brachyura:^[3][2]

Brachyura	Dromiacea Raninoida Cyclodorippoida Eubrachyura Heterotremata Thoracotremata