Tags: Crustacean.

Cryptochiridae is a family of crabs known as gall crabs because the females cause corals to form protective galls around themselves. The family is placed in its own superfamily Cryptochiroidea. It contains the following genera:

class
Malacostraca
kingdom
Animal
order
Decapoda, Crab
phylum
Arthropod, Crustacean

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