Family

Varunidae (Varunid crabs)

Hemigrapsus nudus. Photo: (c) Dan Hershman, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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The Varunidae are a family of thoracotrematan crabs. The delimitation of this family, part of the taxonomically confusing Grapsoidea, is undergoing revision. For a long time, they were placed at the rank of subfamily in the Grapsidae, but they appear to be closest to Macropthalmus and the Mictyridae, which are usually placed in the Ocypodoidea. It may thus be better to merge the latter superfamily with the Grapsoidea, retaining the latter name as it is older.

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Subtaxa

Subfamily: Varuninae

Where in Humboldt

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