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Erymidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Erymidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Glyphea verrucosa Von Meyer
1924Erymidae Van Straelen
1926Erymaidae Rathbun p. 127
1992Erymidae Feldmann and Keys p. 9
2003Erymidae Kiessling
2006Erymidae Feldmann and Titus p. 63
2009Erymidae De Grave et al. p. 20
2009Erymidae Garassino et al. p. 209
2010Erymidae Schweitzer et al.
2011Erymidae Klompmaker and Fraaije p. 3
2015Erymidae Feldmann et al. p. 1
2023Erymidae Charbonnier et al. p. 582

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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
familyErymidaeVan Straelen 1924
familyErymidaeVan 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.

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 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], Eryma verrucosa Von Meyer 1839 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:11:34
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:11:34
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Priabonian or 259.90000 to 33.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 254.17 Ma

Collections (133 total)


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)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5USA (Arizona) Enoploclytia porteri (226082)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Germany (Wurtemberg) Pseudoglyphea numismalis (146254)
Jurassic201.4 - 145.0France Eryma girodi, Eryma ornata, Eryma mundelslohi, Eryma rugosa, Eryma loedonensis, Eryma amulthea, Eryma babeaui, Eryma squalida, Palaeastacus edwardsi, Enoploclytia perroni, Eryma ventrosa, Eryma thirriai, Eryma subventrosa, Eryma thurmanni (139752)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Canada (Northwest Territories) Eryma bordenensis (123789 123790) Erymastacus bordenensis (123788)
Bucklandi196.5 - 189.6Italy Eryma sp., Phlyctisoma sp. (90673)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Italy (Veneto) Phlyctisoma sp. (127455)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Canada (Alberta) Eryma ollerenshawi (155646)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain Eryma bedelta (25213 25612 26329 26384)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0France Eryma boloniensis, Eryma dutertrei (122734)
Falciferum183.0 - 182.0Germany Palaeastacus sp. (126162)
Opalinum175.6 - 171.6Switzerland Eryma bedelta (35808 35948) Eryma sp. (138777 138778) Palaeastacus argoviensis (138791)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3France Erymastacus lagardettei (207147)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Bolina girodi (226096 226097)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Eryma cumonti (58221) Eryma squalida (171488)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2Russian Federation (Ryazan) Eryma ornatum (234389)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Russian Federation (Ryazan) Eryma quadriverrucatum, Eryma ventrosum, Stenodactylina insignis (234388) Eryma sp., Stenodactylina sp., Eryma quadriverrucatum, Eryma ventrosum (221308)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Switzerland Eryma sp. (171552)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Eryma ventrosum (234522 234533)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Eryma burgundiaca, Eryma squalida (185576)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2Madagascar Eryma granulifera, Eryma madagascariensis (98166)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3USA (Utah) Eryma jungostrix (162919)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Glyphea stricklandi (100669)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3France Bolina ventrosa (226094 226095)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Eryma babeaui, Eryma georgii, Eryma pulchella, Eryma mandelslohi, Eryma ventrosa, Eryma villersi (191842) Eryma mandelslohi (93210 191840 191841) Eryma mandelslohi, Eryma villersi (191843)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Bolina ventrosa (226087 226088 226089)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Eryma ventrosum (232211)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Eryma sp. (58564 58565 58566)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland (Krzeszowice) Galicia marianae (127458)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Erymastacus major, Palaeastacus fuciformls, Erymidae indet., Eryma modestiforme, Eryma punctatum, Pustulina suevica, Galicia westphali, Pustulina minuta (154138)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Bavaria) Eryma veltheimii (132944)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Bolina thirriae (226098)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Eryma modesitforme, Eryma modestiforme, Pustulina minuta, Eryma veltheimii (228758)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian - Early/Lower Tithonian155.7 - 145.0Japan Eryma sp. (227689)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0Czech Republic Erymastacus strambergensis (189840)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bayern) Eryma sp. (31991) Palaeastacus fuciformis (105541)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) Eryma modestiforme, Palaeastacus fuciformis (152603)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Eryma sp. (221340)
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Eryma dutertrei (126163)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8France (Savoie) Eryma tuberculata (139709)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8France Enoploclytia glaessneri (139706) Pustulina occitana (126565)
Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9France (Hérault) Eryma tithonia (234010)
Cretaceous145.0 - 66.0USA (California) Palaeastacus trisulcatus (139723)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France (Montbazin (Herault)) Eryma tithonia (139197)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France (Isere) Eryma loryi (234009)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Argentina Eryma sulcata (66636)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Germany Eryma sulcata (50181 91586)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France Pustulina colossea (12237)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45Argentina Palaeastacus terraereginae (66634)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0France Enoploclytia augustobonae (134727)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Argentina Palaeastacus terraereginae (66632 66633)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan Eryma nippon (145224)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Australia (Queensland) Enoploclytia sp. (165470) Enoploclytia tenuidigitata (165583)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Spain (Catalonia) Enoploclytia sp. (221580)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Argentina Enoploclytia sp. (63986) Palaeastacus sussexiensis (66631) Palaeastacus terraereginae (66635)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Argentina Enoploclytia sp. (66637)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France Eryma vocontii (135547)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0United Kingdom (England) Enoploclytia tuberculata (1864)
Early/Lower Albian - Middle Albian112.03 - 105.3France (Yonne) Enoploclytia salviensis (146256)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Enoploclytia gigantea, Palaeastacus walkeri (140918) Enoploclytia wenoensis (140911) Enoploclytia wintoni (135482) Palaeastacus walkeri (140917)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Enoploclytia brevimana (226221 226222)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Yonne) Enoploclytia sussexiensis (234011)
Cenomanian - Turonian100.5 - 89.8USA (Texas) Palaeastacus walkeri (140920)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0Mexico (Chiapas) Enoploclytia sp. (133542)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Lebanon Eryma cretacea (60311 69119)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Indre-et-Loire) Enoploclytia leachi (234012)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom (England) Enoploclytia sp. (4071 4072)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3France (Normandy) Enoploclytia leachi (139710)
Early/Lower Coniacian89.3 - 85.8USA (Texas) Decapoda indet. (34755) Enoploclytia triglypta (135481)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Canada (British Columbia) Enoploclytia sp. (127684)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Mississippi) Enoploclytia sp. (140912)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Enoploclytia sp. (3906)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Germany Enoploclytia leachi (221725)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Enoploclytia sculpta (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Canada (British Columbia) Enoploclytia minor (123792) Eryma dawsoni (123791)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) Palaeastacus kimzeyi (140922) Palaeastacus walkeri (140921)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Enoploclytia tumimanus, Palaeastacus selmaensis (140677)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Eryma flectum (140914)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuilla) Enoploclytia tumimanus (140908)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mexico (Coahuila) Enoploclytia tumimanus (133547)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Eryma stantoni (140915)
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)