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Raninidae is a family of unusual crabs, sometimes known as "frog crabs", on account of their frog-like appearance. They are taken by most scientists to be quite primitive among the true crabs. They closely resemble the (unrelated) mole crabs, due to parallel evolution or convergent evolution. In both groups, the claws are modified into tools ...
Ranina is a genus of crabs belonging to the family Raninidae. It has two extant species. Fossils of these crabs have been found in the sediments of United States, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Turkey and Australia from the Paleogene period to Recent (age range: 48.6 to 0.0 Ma). [1]
Raninidae Raninoida is a taxonomic section of the crabs , containing a single superfamily , Raninoidea . This group of crabs is unlike most, with the abdomen not being folded under the thorax .
The species is commercially exploited over much of its range, but the largest fishery is in Australia, where the annual commercial catch an estimated at 3,592 tonnes (7,919,000 lb).
Lyreidus is a genus of crabs in the family Raninidae, containing the following species: [1] Lyreidus brevifrons Sakai, 1937; Lyreidus stenops Wood-Mason, 1887;
The family of Ranixalidae (leaping frogs) has one genus containing 10 different species. They can be found in central and southern India. They can be found in central and southern India. They typically reside in leaf litter and in tropical deciduous forests , near streams and can be found between 200 m and 1100 m in altitude.
Lyreidus tridentatus is a species of crab in the family Raninidae. [1] Description. This section does not cite any sources.
Notopus is a genus of frog crabs from the family Raninidae, [1] it consists of a single extant species and two extinct species. [2] Species.