Cheiragonidae
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| Cheiragonidae Temporal range: Eocene–Recent | |
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| Eremacrus isenbeckii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Cheiragonoidea Ortmann, 1893 |
| Family: | Cheiragonidae Ortmann, 1893 [1] |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Telmessidae Guinot, 1977 | |
Cheiragonidae is a small family of crabs, sometimes called helmet crabs,[1] placed in its own superfamily, Cheriagonoidea.[2][3] It comprises three extant species, Erimacrus isenbeckii, Telmessus acutidens and Telmessus cheiragonus,[2] and 13 extinct species in the three genera Karasawaia, Montezumella and Stintonius.[3] Many of these crabs were formerly treated as members of the Atelecyclidae.[4] The family's fossil record extends back at least as far as the Eocene.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Cheiragonidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
- ↑ Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 132.
- ↑ Carrie E. Schweitzer & Eric W. Salva (2000). "First recognition of the Cheiragonidae (Decapoda) in the fossil record and comparison of the family with the Atelecyclidae". Journal of Crustacean Biology 20 (2): 285–298. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2000)020[0285:FROTCD]2.0.CO;2.
External links
Data related to Cheiragonidae at Wikispecies
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