Malacostraca - Decapoda - Inachidae
Full reference: W. S. MacLeay. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa; being a portion of the objects of Natural History chiefly collected during an expedition into the interior of South Africa, under the direction of Dr. Andrew Smith, in the years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by "The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa". 53-71
Parent taxon: Majoidea according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020
See also MacLeay 1838, Nyborg et al. 2016, Ortmann 1893 and Schweitzer et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Epialtidae, Hymenosomidae, Inachoididae, Macrocheiridae, Majidae, Oregoniidae, Priscinachidae
Subtaxa: Achaeus Inachinae Inachus Leptopodiinae Macropodia
Type: Inachus
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
• Oligocene of Italy (1)
• Eocene of Italy (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence