| Corystidae Temporal range: Bathonian–Recent |
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| Corystes cassivelaunus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Corystoidea Samouelle, 1819 |
| Family: | Corystidae Samouelle, 1819 |
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Corystidae is a family of crabs, in its own superfamily, Corystoidea. It includes the oldest Eubrachyuran fossil, Hebertides jurassica, dating from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic).[1] Corystidae contains ten extant and five extinct species in eight genera:[2]
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