Carcinidae

Carcinidae is a family of crabs belonging to the order Decapoda. It has four subfamilies, including Pirimelinae which was previously treated as a family.

Taxonomy
The family as currently circumscribed includes four subfamilies and eight genera, six with living members and two known only through fossils:


 * Ramacarcinus De Angeli & Ceccon, 2017
 * Subfamily Carcininae MacLeay, 1838
 * Carcinus Leach, 1814
 * Miopipus Müller, 1984
 * Subfamily Parathranitiinae Spiridonov, 2020
 * Parathranites Miers, 1886
 * Subfamily Pirimelinae Alcock, 1899
 * Pirimela Leach, 1816
 * Sirpus Gordon, 1953
 * Subfamily Platyonichinae Dana, 1851
 * Portumnus Leach, 1814
 * Xaiva MacLeay, 1838