Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae
Synonym: Hepatidae Stimpson 1871
Parent taxon: Aethroidea according to C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2019
See also Ahyong et al. 2007, Casadio et al. 2005, Luque et al. 2017, Martin and Davis 2001, Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000, Schweitzer et al. 2006, Schweitzer et al. 2007, Schweitzer et al. 2010, Todd and Collins 2005 and Vega et al. 2001
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Aethra Drachiella Eohepatella Eriosachila Hepatella Hepatiscus Hepatus Ilerdapatiscus Latuxanthides Mainhepatiscus Osachila Politohepatiscus Prehepatus Priabonella Sakaila
Type: Aethra
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), Jamaica (3), Panama (1), United States (5: California, Pennslyvania, Texas)
• Pliocene of Costa Rica (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands Antilles (1), Panama (7)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Colombia (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), Brazil (2), Chile (1), the Dominican Republic (7), Malaysia (1), Mexico (2), Panama (4), Trinidad and Tobago (1), Venezuela (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Cuba (2)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Italy (13), Mexico (6), Pakistan (1), Panama (1), United States (5: Oregon, South Carolina, Washington), Venezuela (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas)
• Paleogene of Mexico (2)
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1), United States (4: Mississippi, New Jersey, Texas, mississippi)
Total: 84 collections including 92 occurrences