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Eriphiidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eriphiidae

Taxonomy
Eriphiidae was named by MacLeay (1838) [includes some mud and stone crabs]. It is extant. Its type is Eriphia.

It was assigned to Xanthoidea by Schweitzer (2003) and Schweitzer (2005); and to Eriphioidea by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017) and Schweitzer et al. (2020).

Subtaxa
Eriphia (type genus), Eriphinae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Eriphiidae MacLeay
2003Eriphiidae Schweitzer p. 1110
2005Eriphiidae Schweitzer p. 278
2006Eriphiidae Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 54
2010Eriphiidae Schweitzer et al. p. 131
2017Eriphiidae Luque et al. p. 35
2020Eriphiidae Schweitzer et al. p. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
superfamilyEriphioideaMacLeay 1838
familyEriphiidaeMacLeay 1838
familyEriphiidaeMacLeay 1838

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. Eriphiidae MacLeay 1838
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G. Eriphia Latreille 1817
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Eriphia cocchii Ristori 1886
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Invalid names: Eriphia punctulata Ristori 1886 [synonym]
Eriphia gonagra Fabricius 1781
Eriphia gonagra xaymacaensis Collins and Donovan 1998
Eriphia spinifrons Herbst 1785
Eriphia squamata Stimpson 1859
Eriphia verrucosa Forskal 1775
Subfm. Eriphinae MacLeay 1838
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G. Domaecius Souleyet 1850
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Messinian to the top of the Holocene or 7.24600 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan Eriphia sp. (207639)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Poland Eriphia sp. (139753)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Eriphia sp. (140979)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Eriphia cocchii (226981) Eriphia cocchii, Eriphia punctulata (226982) Eriphia sp. (221587)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy (Piedmont) Eriphia sp. (221586)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy (Biella) Eriphia sp. (127497)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy (Siena) Eriphia cocchii (221592)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Eriphia sp. (228744)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Pisa) Eriphia cocchii (127462)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Siena) Eriphia cocchii (221598)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781France (Alpes Maritimes) Eriphia spinifrons (50523)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Eriphia sp. (194421)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Eriphia squamata (96557)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Eriphia gonagra (224549)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Eriphia squamata (147227)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Mazatan) Eriphia squamata (146573)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Eriphia squamata, Eriphia gonagra (147250)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Eriphia squamata (147259)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Spain Eriphia spinifrons (215734)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Eriphia gonagra (147239)