Corystidae

Corystidae
Corystidae
Temporal range: Bathonian–Recent
Corystes cassivelaunus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Corystoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Family: Corystidae
Samouelle, 1819
Genera

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Corystidae is a family of crabs, in its own superfamily, Corystoidea. It includes the oldest Eubrachyuran fossil, Hebertides jurassica, dating from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic).[1] Corystidae contains ten extant and five extinct species in eight genera:[2]

  • Corystes Bosc, 1802
  • Corystites Lőrenthey, in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929
  • Gomeza Gray, 1831
  • GomezinusCollins, Lee & Noad, 2003
  • HarenacorystesVan Bakel, Jagt, Artal & Fraaije, 2009
  • HebertidesGuinot, De Angeli & Garassino, 2007
  • Jonas Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
  • MicromithraxNoetling, 1881

References

  1. ^ Danièle Guinot, Antonio de Angeli & Alessandro Garassino (2007). "Hebertides jurassica n. gen., n. sp. (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) of Normandy (France)". Atti della Società italiana di scienze naturali e del museo civico di storia naturale di Milano 148 (2): 241–260. 
  2. ^ 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. 

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