Cheiragonidae

Cheiragonidae
Cheiragonidae
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Eremacrus isenbeckii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Cheiragonoidea
Ortmann, 1893
Family: Cheiragonidae
Ortmann, 1893 [1]
Synonyms [2]

Telmessidae Guinot, 1977

Cheiragonidae is a small family of crabs, sometimes called helmet crabs,[1] placed in its own superfamily, Cheriagonoidea.[2][3] It comprises three extant species, Erimacrus isenbeckii, Telmessus acutidens and Telmessus cheiragonus,[2] and 13 extinct species in the three genera Karasawaia, Montezumella and Stintonius.[3] Many of these crabs were formerly treated as members of the Atelecyclidae.[4] The family's fossil record extends back at least as far as the Eocene.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cheiragonidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=621497. 
  2. ^ a b c Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
  3. ^ a b Sammy De Grave, N. Dean Pentcheff, Shane T. Ahyong et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Suppl. 21: 1–109. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf. 
  4. ^ Joel W. Martin & George E. Davis (2001) (PDF). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 132. http://atiniui.nhm.org/pdfs/3839/3839.pdf. 
  5. ^ Carrie E. Schweitzer & Eric W. Salva (2000). "First recognition of the Cheiragonidae (Decapoda) in the fossil record and comparison of the family with the Atelecyclidae". Journal of Crustacean Biology 20 (2): 285–298. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2000)020[0285:FROTCD]2.0.CO;2. 

External links

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Kingdom Animalia · Phylum Arthropoda · Class Malacostraca · Order Decapoda · Suborder Pleocyemata
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