Hepatus

Hepatus
	Hepatus epheliticus (Linnaeus, 1763)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Suborder:	Pleocyemata
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Aethridae
Genus:	Hepatus ; Latreille, 1802
Type species
	Calappa angustata ; Fabricius, 1798

Last updated October 12, 2025

Hepatus is a genus of crabs in the family Aethridae, containing seven extant species,^[1] plus some fossil species:^[2]

Hepatus chiliensis H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
Hepatus epheliticus (Linnaeus, 1763)
Hepatus gronovii Holthuis, 1959
Hepatus kossmanni Neumann, 1878
Hepatus lineatus Rathbun, 1898
Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785)
Hepatus scaber Holthuis, 1959

Both H. chiliensis and H. lineatus are also known as fossils.^[2] The other fossil species include:^[3]

Hepatus bottomsi Blow, 2003
Hepatus lineatus Rathbun, 1898
Hepatus nodosus Collins & Morris, 1976
Hepatus praecox Collins et al., 1996
Hepatus spinimarginatus Feldmann et al., 2005

References

↑ P. Davie (2010). "Hepatus Latreille, 1802". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved December 6, 2010.
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.
↑ Rodney M. Feldmann; Carrie E. Schweitzer; Alfonso Encinas (2005). "New decapods from the Navidad Formation (Miocene) of Chile" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology . 25 (3): 427–449. Bibcode:2005JCBio..25..427F. doi: 10.1651/c-2547 .

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[1] P. Davie (2010). "Hepatus Latreille, 1802". World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved December 6, 2010.

[Grave-2] 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.

[3] Rodney M. Feldmann; Carrie E. Schweitzer; Alfonso Encinas (2005). "New decapods from the Navidad Formation (Miocene) of Chile" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology . 25 (3): 427–449. Bibcode:2005JCBio..25..427F. doi: 10.1651/c-2547 .

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