Biology:Eriphia
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Eriphia is a genus of marine crabs in the family Eriphiidae.[1] These crabs are common in most temperate and tropical seas.[2]
Species
The genus contains the following eight extant species:[1][3]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Eriphia ferox Koh & Ng, 2008[2] | northwestern Pacific | |
| Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781)[4] | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Eriphia granulosa A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 | the western Atlantic | |
| Eriphia scabricula Dana, 1852 | Indo-Pacific. | |
| 120px | Eriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803) | Indo-Pacific: north from Japan, China, Taiwan to southeast Asia, west to Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands to India, Oman and east Africa. |
| Eriphia squamata Stimpson, 1860 | eastern Pacific | |
| 120px | Eriphia smithii MacLeay, 1838 | Indo-Pacific |
| 120px | Eriphia verrucosa (Forskål, 1775) | Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from Brittany to Mauritania and the Azores |
There is also one fossil species, †Eriphia cocchii Ristori, 1886.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Eriphia Latreille, 1817". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106933.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Koh, S. K.; Ng, Peter K. L. (2008). "A revision of the shore crabs of the genus Eriphia (Crustacea: Brachyura: Eriphiidae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 56 (2): 327–355. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/app/uploads/2017/06/56rbz327-355.pdf.
- ↑ Ng, Peter K. L.; 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 Supplement 17: 1–286. https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/app/uploads/2017/04/s17rbz.pdf. Retrieved 2025-12-17.
- ↑ "Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422068.
- ↑ "Eriphia cocchii Ristori, 1886 †". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2025. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1616618.
Wikidata ☰ Q1186893 entry
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