Family Epialtidae MacLeay 1838 (spider crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Epialtidae

Parent taxon: Majoidea according to F. A. Ferratges et al. 2023

See also Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Wolfe et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Hymenosomatidae, Hymenosomidae, Inachidae, Inachoididae, Macrocheiridae, Majidae, Mithracidae, Oregoniidae, Priscinachidae

Subtaxa: Bolcapisa Epialtinae Pisinae Pliosomatinae Tychinae

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Type: Epialtus

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Barbados (1 collection), Ecuador (1), Jamaica (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), United States (15: California, Florida, Maryland, New Jersey, Virgin Islands, Virginia)

• Pliocene of Fiji (4), Jamaica (1), United States (1: California)

• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Virginia)

• Neogene of Poland (1)

• Miocene of Argentina (2), Hungary (9), Japan (2), Malaysia (5), Malta (1), United States (1: North Carolina)

• Oligocene of Italy (1)

• Eocene of Egypt (1), Hungary (1), Italy (9), Spain (9), the United Kingdom (3)

• Paleogene of Hungary (1)

Total: 74 collections including 97 occurrences

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