Cheiragonidae

Cheiragonidae Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Erimacrus isenbeckii
Scientific classification
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. "Cheiragonidae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
2. 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. 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. Bibcode:2013BoSGM..65..285O. 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.