观赏蟹和别的水生生物分类不同,蟹类的分类学家把6类蟹分为6派,即:绵蟹派Dromiacea、古短尾派Archaeobrachyura、尖口派Oxystomata、尖额派Oxyrhyncha、黄道蟹派Cancridea、短额派Brachyrhyncha。
参考文献:Carcinoecium-Forming Sea Anemone Stylobates calcifer sp. nov. from the Japanese Deep-Sea Floor: A Taxonomical Description with Its Ecological Observations. Akihiro Yoshikawa, Takato Izumi, Takeya Moritaki, Taeko Kimura, and Kensuke Yanagi。