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Erymoidea

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Erymoidea was named by Van Straelen (1924). It is not extant. Its type is Eryma.

It was assigned to Astacidea by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001); and to Glypheidea by De Grave et al. (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Feldmann et al. (2015) and Hegna et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Erymoidea Van Straelen
2001Erymoidea Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 174
2009Erymoidea De Grave et al. p. 20
2010Erymoidea Schweitzer et al. p. 22
2015Erymoidea Feldmann et al. p. 1
2020Erymoidea Hegna et al. p. 24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
infraorderGlypheideaWinckler 1882
superfamilyErymoideaVan Straelen 1924
superfamilyErymoideaVan Straelen 1924

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Erymoidea Van Straelen 1924
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Fm. †Erymidae Van Straelen 1924
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G. †Enoploclytia M'Coy 1849
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Enoploclytia armata Secretan 1964
Enoploclytia augustobonae Devillez et al. 2016
Enoploclytia collignoni Secretan 1964
Enoploclytia edwardsi Sauvage 1891
Enoploclytia eocenica Garassino et al. 2009
Enoploclytia gardnerae Rathbun 1935
Enoploclytia gigantea Devillez et al. 2016
Enoploclytia granulicauda Schluter 1862
Enoploclytia imagei McCoy 1849
Enoploclytia leachi Mantell 1822
Enoploclytia leachii Mantell 1822
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Invalid names: Enoploclytia heterodon Schlüter 1862 [synonym]
Enoploclytia minor Woodward 1900
Enoploclytia porteri Miller and Ash 1988
Enoploclytia salviensis Robineau-Desvoidy 1849
Enoploclytia sculpta Rathbun 1926
Enoploclytia seitzi Glaessner 1932
Enoploclytia sussexiensis Mantell 1824
Enoploclytia tepeyacensis Vega et al. 2013
Enoploclytia triglypta Stenzel 1945
Enoploclytia tumimanus Rathbun 1935
Enoploclytia wenoensis Rathbun 1935
Enoploclytia wintoni Stenzel 1945
Subfm. †Eryminae van Straelen 1924
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G. †Eryma Von Meyer 1840
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Eryma affinis De Ferry 1865
Eryma amalthei Quenstedt 1851
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Invalid names: Eryma laedonensis Etallon 1861 [synonym], Eryma propinqua Oppel 1861 [synonym]
Eryma americana Rathbun 1923
Eryma americanum Rathbun 1923
Eryma anisodactylum Krause 1891
Eryma antiquum Birshtein 1958
Eryma australe Secretan 1964
Eryma babeaui Etallon 1861
Eryma birdi Woods 1930
Eryma boloniensis Sauvage 1891
Eryma bordenensis Copeland 1960
Eryma caraboeufi Moriere 1888
Eryma compressum Eudes-Deslongchamps 1842
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Invalid names: Bolina etalloni de Ferry 1862 [synonym], Eryma aspera Oppel 1861 [synonym], Eryma authelini Mechin 1901 [synonym], Eryma bizeti Moriere 1888 [synonym], Eryma elegans Oppel 1861 [synonym], Eryma gaiffei Mechin 1901 [synonym], Eryma nicklesi Mechin 1901 [synonym], Eryma oppeli Beurlen 1928 [synonym], Eryma wuerttembergica Oppel 1861 [synonym], Erymastacus quenstedti Beurlen 1928 [synonym], Glyphea aalensis Quenstedt 1857 [synonym], Glyphea bedelta Quenstedt 1857 [synonym]
Eryma corallinum Van Straelen 1924
Eryma crassimanum Krause 1891
Eryma cretaceum Roger 1946
Eryma cumonti Van Straelen 1921
Eryma dutertrei Sauvage 1891
Eryma flecta Rathbun 1926
Eryma flectum Rathbun 1926
Eryma fossatum Krause 1891
Eryma georgei Carter 1886
Eryma glaessneri van Straelen 1936
Eryma gracilimanum Lahusen 1894
Eryma hoerstgenensis Bachmayer and Malzahn 1983
Eryma jungostrix Feldmann and Titus 2006 [lobster]
Eryma lafayi Lissajous 1923
Eryma lerasi Etallon 1861
Eryma leucodermum Pusch 1838
Eryma madagascariensis Secretan 1964
Eryma major Oppel 1861
Eryma mandelslohi von Meyer 1840
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Invalid names: Eryma curva Beurlen 1928 [synonym], Eryma karitzkyi Lahusen 1894 [synonym], Eryma orthodactylus Beurlen 1928 [synonym]
Eryma modestiforme von Schlotheim 1822
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Invalid names: Astacus leptodactylus Germar 1827 [synonym], Eryma pseudoventrosa Beurlen 1928 [synonym], Glyphea laevigata Munster 1839 [synonym]
Eryma modestiformis von Schlotheim 1822
Eryma mosquensis Lahusen 1894
Eryma nippon Karasawa et al. 2008
Eryma ollerenshawi Feldmann and Copeland 1988
Eryma ornatum Quenstedt 1857
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Invalid names: Eryma calloviensis Oppel 1861 [synonym]
Eryma osciensis Garassino 2014
Eryma pulchellum Carter 1886
Eryma punctatum Oppel 1861
Eryma quadriverrucatum Trautschold 1866
Eryma quenstedti Beurlen 1928
Eryma radiatum Oppel 1861
Eryma rinellincolum De Gregorio 1884
Eryma romani Oppel 1861
Eryma sinemurianum Garassino 1996
Eryma squalidum Etallon 1861
Eryma stantoni Rathbun 1935
Eryma strambergensis Bachmayer 1959
Eryma stricklandi Phillips 1871
Eryma sulcatum Harbort 1905
Eryma veltheimii Münster 1839
Eryma ventrosum Von Meyer 1835
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Invalid names: Eryma maeandrina Krause 1891 [synonym], Eryma morieri Hee 1924 [synonym], Eryma subventrosa Etallon 1861 [synonym], Eryma thirriai Étallon 1859 [synonym], Eryma thurmanni Etallon 1861 [synonym], Eryma villersi Morière 1883 [synonym], Galicia marianae Garassino and Krobicki 2002 [synonym]
Eryma vocontii Devillez et al. 2016
Invalid names: Bolina Muenster 1839 [synonym], Erymastacus [synonym], Galicia Garassino and Krobicki 2002 [synonym], Klytia von Meyer 1840 [synonym], Protoclytiopsis Birshtein 1958 [synonym]
G. †Olinaecaris Van Straelen 1924
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Olinaecaris carinatus Van Straelen 1924
G. †Palaeastacus Bell 1850
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Palaeastacus argoviensis Förster and Rieber 1982
Palaeastacus decoratus Frentzen 1937
Palaeastacus deslongchampsi Van Straelen 1924
Palaeastacus edwardsi Etallon 1861
Palaeastacus foersteri Feldmann 1979
Palaeastacus fuciformis Schlotheim 1822
Palaeastacus haidaensis Garassino et al. 2021
Palaeastacus kimzeyi Rathbun 1935
Palaeastacus loryi Van Straelen 1923
Palaeastacus meyeri Garassino 1996
Palaeastacus ornatus Whiteaves 1887
Palaeastacus plauensis Geinitz 1875
Palaeastacus poeschli Schweigert and Roper 2001
Palaeastacus rothgaengerae Schweigert and Roper 2001
Palaeastacus selmaensis Rathbun 1935
Palaeastacus sussexiensis Mantell 1824
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Invalid names: Enoploclytia brevimana M'Coy 1849 [synonym], Hoploparia scabra Bell 1863 [synonym], Palaeastacus dixoni Bell 1850 [synonym], Phlyctisoma granulatum Bell 1863 [synonym]
Palaeastacus terraereginae Etheridge Jr 1914
Palaeastacus trisulcatus Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
Palaeastacus uranusiensis Devillez and Charbonnier 2019
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Invalid names: Palaeastacus foersteri Taylor 1979 [replaced]
Palaeastacus walkeri Whitfield 1883
G. †Pustulina Quenstedt 1857
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Pustulina calloviensis Forster 1966
Pustulina colossea Devillez et al. 2016
Pustulina dawsoni Woodward 1900
Pustulina elegans Foerster 1966
Pustulina minuta Schlotheim 1822
Pustulina occitana Devillez et al. 2016
Pustulina perroni Etallon 1861
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Invalid names: Enoploclytia dorsetensis Woods 1931 [synonym]
Pustulina pseudobabeaui Dollfus 1863
Pustulina scabra Bell 1863
Pustulina spinulata Secretan 1964
Pustulina suevica Quenstedt 1857
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Invalid names: Eryma fraasi Oppel 1862 [synonym], Palaeastacus solitarius Oppel 1862 [synonym]
Pustulina tuberculata Bell 1863
Pustulina victori Devillez et al. 2016
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Invalid names: Eryma tuberculata van Straelen 1936 [replaced]
Invalid names: Phlyctisoma Bell 1863 [synonym]
G. †Stenodactylina Beurlen 1928
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Stenodactylina australis Secretan 1964
Stenodactylina beardi Feldmann and Schweitzer 2019
Stenodactylina burgundiaca Crônier and Courville 2004
Stenodactylina deslongchampsi Van Straelen 1924
Stenodactylina falsani Dumortier 1867
Stenodactylina granulifera Secretan 1964
Stenodactylina guisei Wright 1881
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Invalid names: Eryma lemairei Mechin 1901 [synonym]
Stenodactylina lagardettei Hyzny et al. 2015
Stenodactylina liasina Beurlen 1928
Stenodactylina rogerfurzei Schweigert 2013
Stenodactylina spinosa Etallon 1861
Stenodactylina walkerae Feldmann and Haggart 2007
G. †Tethysastacus Devillez et al. 2016
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Tethysastacus tithonius van Straelen 1936
Invalid names: Clytiopsinae Beurlen 1928 [empty], Enoploclytiidae Devillez et al. 2019 [synonym], Eryma verrucosa Von Meyer 1839 [nomen dubium]
Fm. †Pemphicidae Van Straelen 1928
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G. †Oosterinkia Klompmaker and Fraaije 2011
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Oosterinkia neerlandica Klompmaker and Fraaije 2011
G. †Pemphix Von Meyer 1840
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Pemphix krumenackeri Smith et al. 2022
Pemphix malladai Via 1971
Pemphix silesiacus Assmann 1927
Pemphix sueurii Desmarest 1822
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Invalid names: Macrourites gibbosus Alberti 1826 [synonym]
G. †Sinopemphix Li 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Priabonian or 259.90000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (158 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany Erymastacus hoerstgenensis (96856)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Russian Federation Protoclytiopsis antiqua (117459)
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Idaho) Pemphix krumenackeri (202145)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Netherlands Oosterinkia neerlandica (106536)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Poland Pemphix sueurii (226009)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Switzerland Pemphix sueurii (226010 226011 226012 226145)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Germany Pemphix sueurii (226006 226007 226008 226146 226147 226148)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0France Pemphix sueurii (226149)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Poland Pemphix sueuri (136176)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Sinopemphix guizhouensis (226135)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Eryma flecta (139733)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) Eryma americana (135758)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Enoploclytia tumimanus (2859)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Archaeocarabus gardnerae (142886)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Mexico (Coahuila) Enoploclytia sp. (133573)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Mexico (Coahuila) Enoploclytia gardnerae (133900)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (Kent) Enoploclytia brevimana (147826)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Enoploclytia eocenica (127343 221353)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Enoploclytia eocenica (127463)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain Enoploclytia sp. (226524 226525 226526)