Family Ethusidae Guinot 1977 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ethusidae

Alternative spelling: Ethusinae

Parent taxon: Dorippoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2021

See also Karasawa 1993 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Dorippidae, Goniochelidae, Telamonocarcinidae

Subtaxa: Ethusa

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Ecology: semi-infaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Japan (1 collection)

• Miocene of Hungary (2), Italy (1)

• Oligocene of Italy (2)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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