Biology:Epialtinae

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Short description: Subfamily of crustaceans

Epialtinae
Northern Kelp Crab.jpg
Pugettia producta (Northern kelp crab), with first pereiopods missing
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Epialtidae
Subfamily: Epialtinae
MacLeay, 1838
Genera

See text

Epialtinae is a subfamily of crabs, containing the following genera:[1]

  • Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828
  • Alfredalcockia Števčić, 2005
  • Antilibinia MacLeay, 1838
  • Cyclonyx Miers, 1879
  • Epialtoides Garth, 1958
  • Epialtus H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
  • Esopus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875
  • Eupleurodon Stimpson, 1871
  • Goniothorax A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
  • Griffinia Richer de Forges, 1994
  • Huenia De Haan, 1837
  • Leucippa H. Milne-Edwards, 1833
  • Lophorochinia Garth, 1969
  • Menaethiops Alcock, 1895
  • Menaethius A. Milne-Edwards, 1834
  • Mimulus Stimpson, 1860
  • Mocosa Stimpson, 1871
  • Perinia Dana, 1851
  • Pugettia Dana, 1851
  • Sargassocarcinus Ward, 1936
  • Simocarcinus Miers, 1879
  • Taliepus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
  • Xenocarcinus White, 1847


Incertae sedis

  • Acanthonyx elongatus White, 1847 (nomen nudum)
  • Huenia dehaanii White, 1848
  • Huenia proteus var. tenuipes Adams & White, 1848
  • Inachus australis Gray, 1831
  • Menaethius brevirostris Heller, 1862

References

  1. 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" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 

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