Raninidae
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| Scientific name | Raninidae |
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| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Order | Decapods |
| Rank | Family |
| Higher classification | Raninoida |
| Family | De Haan |
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| ID | 2101483 |
About Raninidae
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 mole crabs, due to parallel evolution or convergent evolution.