Cheiragonidae

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Cheiragonidae
Temporal range: Eocene–Recent
Erimacrus isenbeckii.jpg
Erimacrus isenbeckii
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Cancroidea
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] there are no yet evidences of Cheiragonidae in the fossil record. [3] [4] Many of these crabs were formerly treated as members of the Atelecyclidae. [5] [6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Cheiragonidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 1 2 3 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 (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  3. 1 2 Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology . Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
  4. Ossó, À.; Domínguez, J.L. (2013). "A proposal for a new family: Montezumellidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) and description of new genus and species Moianella cervantesi from the Priabonian (late Eocene) of Catalonia (NE of Iberian Peninsula)". Boletín de la Sociedad Geológica Mexicana . 65 (2): 285–298. doi: 10.18268/BSGM2013v65n2a10 . http://boletinsgm.igeolcu.unam.mx/bsgm/vols/epoca04/6502/%2810%29Osso.pdf
  5. Joel W. Martin; George E. Davis (2001). An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea (PDF). Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. p. 132. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  6. 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.