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==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
The family name consists of the words "creep" and "{{w|crab}}". While "crab" refers to how the members of this family are crab-like, the term "creep" here could either refer to their unsettling nature, or to the way they roll being related to {{w|Adhesion railway#Forces on wheels, creep|railway adhesion creep}}. | The family name consists of the words "creep" and "{{w|crab}}". While "crab" refers to how the members of this family are crab-like, the term "creep" here could either refer to their unsettling nature, or to the way they roll being related to {{w|Adhesion railway#Forces on wheels, creep|railway adhesion creep}}. | ||
The genus ''Parastacoidea'' is the same word as a {{w|Parastacoidea|real world superfamily}} that includes species of freshwater crayfish. The genus ''Tegoparastacoidea'' is a combination of "parastacoidea" and "tego", the Latin word for "cover". | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||