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Aethridae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aethridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Aethridae Dana pp. 121-131
1871Hepatidae Stimpson
2000Hepatidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 238
2001Hepatidae Martin and Davis
2001Hepatidae Vega et al. p. 938
2005Aethridae Casadio et al.
2005Hepatidae Todd and Collins p. 69
2006Hepatidae Schweitzer et al. p. 24 figs. Table 1
2007Aethridae Ahyong et al.
2007Hepatidae Ahyong et al.
2007Hepatidae Schweitzer et al. p. 6
2010Aethridae Schweitzer et al. p. 85
2017Aethridae Luque et al. p. 8
2019Aethridae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 1
2023Aethridae Lima et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyAethroideaDana 1851
familyAethridaeDana 1851
familyAethridaeDana 1851

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.

Fm. Aethridae Dana 1851
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G. Actaeomorpha Miers 1877
G. Aethra Latreille 1817
G. Drachiella Guinot 1976
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Drachiella guinotae Morris and Collins 1991
G. †Eohepatella Beschin and De Angeli 2017
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Eohepatella plana Beschin and De Angeli 2017
G. †Eriosachila Blow and Manning 1996
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Eriosachila bajaensis Schweitzer et al. 2002
Eriosachila cubensis Varela and Rojas-Consuegra 2011
Eriosachila cuvillieri Van Straelen 1929
Eriosachila orri Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
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Invalid names: Zanthopsis rathbunae Kooser and Orr 1973 [replaced]
Eriosachila petiti Blow and Manning 1996
Eriosachila rathbunae Maury 1930
Eriosachila robertsi Secrétan 1982
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Invalid names: Xanthosia elegans Secretan 1964 [replaced]
Eriosachila rossi Schweitzer and Feldmann 2000
Eriosachila terryi Rathbun 1937
G. Hepatella Smith 1969
G. †Hepatiscus Bittner 1875
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Hepatiscus distefanoi Checchia-Rispoli 1905
Hepatiscus laevis Lorenthey 1929
Hepatiscus neumayri Bittner 1875
Hepatiscus pulchellus Bittner 1875
Hepatiscus sheranii Collins and Morris 1978
G. Hepatus Latreille 1802
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Hepatus biformis Todd and Collins 2005
Hepatus bottomsi Blow 2003
Hepatus chiliensis Milne-Edwards 1837
Hepatus gronovii Holthuis 1959
Hepatus guraboensis Collins 2009
Hepatus lineatinus Todd and Collins 2005
Hepatus lineatus Rathbun 1898
Hepatus nodosus Collins and Morris 1976
Hepatus praecox Collins et al. 1997
Hepatus princeps Herbst 1794
Hepatus spinimarginatus Feldmann et al. 2005
G. †Ilerdapatiscus Artal and Van Bakel 2018
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Ilerdapatiscus guardiae Artal and Van Bakel 2018
G. †Latuxanthides De Angeli and Ceccon 2015
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Latuxanthides dentatus De Angeli and Ceccon 2015
G. †Mainhepatiscus De Angeli and Beschin 1999
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Mainhepatiscus zannatoi De Angeli and Beschin 1999
G. †Miohepatus Lima et al. 2023
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Miohepatus amazonicus Beurlen 1958
G. Osachila Stimpson 1871
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Osachila berica De Angeli and Beschin 1999
Osachila tiechi Studer 1898
Osachila valdesensis Casadio et al. 2005
G. †Politohepatiscus Beschin et al. 2018
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Politohepatiscus zorzini Beschin et al. 2018
G. †Priabonella Beschin et al. 2006
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Priabonella violatii Beschin et al. 2006
G. Sakaila Manning and Holthuis 1981
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Sakaila africana Manning and Holthuis 1981
Sakaila italica Beschin et al. 2016
Invalid names: Hepatidae Stimpson 1871 [synonym]
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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Holocene or 83.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (83 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (South Dakota) Xanthosia elegans (235774)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Mexico (Baja California) Eriosachila bajensis (133564)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Mexico (Chiapas) Eriosachila sp. (133563)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Eriosachila orri (226447 237931 237932 237933 237934 237935 237936) Zanthopsis rathbunae (90092)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Eriosachila orri (201621)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Latuxanthides dentatus (145127) Priabonella violatii (140158)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Eriosachila bajaensis (45694)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Monte Bolca, Verona) Hepatiscus poverelli (127283)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan Hepatiscus sheranii (7730)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy Hepatiscus neumayri (226615) Hepatiscus neumayri, Hepatiscus pulchellus (207553) Hepatiscus pulchellus (226614) Hepatiscus pulchellus, Sakaila italica (146999)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) Eriosachila petiti (191865 191868)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Italy (Vicenza) Hepatiscus neumayri, Hepatiscus pulchellus, Mainhepatiscus zannatoi, Eohepatella plana (145128)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Eriosachila bajaensis (58664)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Chiapas) Eriosachila sp. (202297)
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9Egypt Eriosachila cuvillieri (232605)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Venezuela (Falcon) Eriosachila rathbunae (228729)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Aethridae indet., Priabonella violatii (226756) Osachila sp., Priabonella violatii (226744) Politohepatiscus zorzini (207550) Priabonella violatii (226693)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy (Vicenza) Hepatiscus poverelli (184969)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Eriosachila rossi (202382)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Panama Zanthopsis terryi (136136)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Cuba (Matanzas) Eriosachila cubensis (202721)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Cuba (Matanzas) Hepatus sp. (228535)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Mexico (Chiapas) Hepatella amazonica (133885)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Hepatus sp. (42630)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Hepatus spinimarginatus (53474)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Hepatella amazonica (65162)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil Hepatella amazonica (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Lara) Eriosachila rathbunae (46384) Hepatella amazonica (228726)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Eriosachila sp., Hepatella amazonica (228724)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Hepatus nodosus (171483)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Hepatella amazonica (228728)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Argentina (Chubut) Osachila valdesensis (56992 57049 57051)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Hepatus lineatus (136005 136303)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Malaysia Drachiella guinotae (226227)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Hepatus guraboensis (228607 228608 228609 228610 228611 228620 228630)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Hepatus lineatinus (228595)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Hepatus biformis (228708)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Colombia (Atlántico) Hepatus lineatinus (228493)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Hepatus lineatinus (228683)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) Hepatus lineatinus (228687 228688)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Curaçao Hepatus lineatinus (228642)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) Hepatus lineatinus (228541)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Hepatus sp. (228744)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) Hepatus lineatinus (228684 228689 228690 228701)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Hepatus lineatinus (228537)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Hepatus lineatus (138720)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Hepatus lineatus (138721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Panama Hepatus chiliensis (134957)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Hepatus lineatus (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Hepatus praecox (174135 185031)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Hepatus praecox (224549)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) Hepatus decorus (146570)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Pennslyvania) Hepatus angustatus (146583)