Pinnotheridae


The Pinnotheridae are a family of tiny soft-bodied crabs that live commensally in the mantles of certain bivalve molluscs. Tunicotheres moseri is commensal with a tunicate. The earliest fossils attributable to the Pinnotheridae date from the Danian.

Genera and species

This is a comprehensive list of species in the family, as of 2008:
;Abyssotheres
;Afropinnotheres
;Alarconia
;Alain
;Alainotheres
;Arcotheres
;Austinixa
;Austinotheres
;Buergeres
;Calyptraeotheres
;Clypeasterophilus
;Dissodactylus
;Durckheimia
;Epulotheres
;Ernestotheres
;Fabia
;Gemmotheres
;Glassellia
;Holotheres
;Holothuriophilus
;Hospitotheres
;Indopinnixa
;Juxtafabia
;Limotheres
;Nannotheres
;Nepinnotheres
;Opisthopus
;Orthotheres
;Ostracotheres
;Parapinnixa
;Pinnaxodes
;Pinnixa
;Pinnotherelia
;Pinnotheres
;Pseudopinnixa
;Raytheres
;Sakaina
;Scleroplax
;Serenotheres
;Sindheres
;Tetrias
;Tricacnatheres
;Tumidotheres
;Tunicotheres
;Viridotheres
;Visayeres
;Waldotheres
;Xanthasia
;Zaops
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