Epialtidae

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Epialtidae
Other forms of name
Acanthonychidae
Acanthonychinae
Alcockiini
Croicarnininae
Epialtid crabs
Epialtids
Huenidae
Menaethinae
Ophthalmiinae
Othoninae
Picrocerinae
Pliosomatinae
Tychidae
Tychiidae
See Also From tracing topical name
Crabs
Decapoda (Crustacea)
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q673539
Library of congress: sh2020001141
Sources of Information
  • ITIS, Apr. 29, 2020(Family Epialtidae, Superfamily Majoidea, Infraorder Brachyura, Suborder Pleocyemata, Order Decapoda)
  • NCBI taxonomy browser, Apr. 29, 2020(Epialtidae. Rank: family. Superfamily Majoidea, Heterotremata (no rank), Eubrachyura (no rank), Infraorder Brachyura, Suborder Pleocyemata, Order Decapoda)
  • World register of marine species, via WWW, Apr. 29, 2020(Epialtidae. Status: accepted. Rank: Family. Superfamily Majoidea, Subsection Heterotremata, Section Eubrachyura, Infraorder Brachyura, Suborder Pleocyemata, Order Decapoda. Synonymised names: Acanthonychidae Stimpson, 1871 (junior synonym); Acanthonychinae Stimpson, 1871; Alcockiini Števčić, 2005; Criocarcininae Dana, 1851; Huenidae MacLeay, 1838; Menaethinae Dana, 1851; Ophthalmiinae Balss, 1929; Othoninae Dana, 1851; Picrocerinae Neumann, 1878; Pliosomatinae Stevcic, 1994; Tychidae Dana, 1851; Tychiidae Dana, 1851)
  • Ohtsuchi, N. Redescription of a poorly known epialtid crab Pugettia pellucens Rathbun, 1932 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Majoidea) and description of a new species from Sagami Bay, Japan, 2014:abstr. (epialtid crab species, Pugettia pellucens)
  • European journal of taxonomy, no 358 (2017):p. 1 (Deep-sea spider crabs of the families Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 and Inachidae MacLeay; two new species of epialtids of the genera Oxypleurodon Miers, 1885 and Stegopleurodon Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009)
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Wikipedia description:

Epialtidae is a family of crabs, containing the subfamilies: Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838 Pisinae Dana, 1851 Pliosomatinae Števčić, 1994 Tychinae Dana, 1851 †Actinotocarcininae

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