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Caphyra Guérin, 1832 
AphiaID: 205734

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Section) > Heterotremata (Subsection) > Portunoidea (Superfamily) > Portunidae (Family) > Caphyrinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Caphyra rouxii Guérin, 1832 (type by monotypy)
Parent Caphyrinae Paul'son, 1875
Synonymised
taxa		  Camptonyx Heller, 1861
 Sphaerocarcinus Zehntner, 1894
Source  basis of record: Crosnier, A. (1962). Faune de Madagascar. XVI Crustaces Decapodes: Portunidae. [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Caphyra acheronae Takeda & Webber, 2006
Species Caphyra alata Richters, 1880
Species Caphyra alcyoniophila Monod, 1938
Species Caphyra bedoti (Zehntner, 1894)
Species Caphyra curtipes Stephenson & Rees, 1968
Species Caphyra fulva Stephenson & Campbell, 1960
Species Caphyra hemisphaerica Rathbun, 1911
Species Caphyra holocarinata Stephenson & Rees, 1968
Species Caphyra laevis (A. Milne Edwards, 1869)
Species Caphyra loevis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
Species Caphyra minabensis Sakai, 1983
Species Caphyra polita (Heller, 1861)
Species Caphyra rotundifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
Species Caphyra rouxii Guérin, 1832
Species Caphyra tricostata Richters, 1880
Species Caphyra tridens Richters, 1880
Species Caphyra unidentata Lenz, 1910
Species Caphyra yookadai Sakai, 1933

Species Caphyra archeri Walker, 1887 accepted as Rhabdonotus pictus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Species Caphyra carinata Stephenson & Rees, 1968 accepted as Caphyra alata Richters, 1880
Species Caphyra hemispaerica Rathbun, 1911 accepted as Caphyra hemisphaerica Rathbun, 1911
Species Caphyra monticellii Nobili, 1901 accepted as Caphyra polita (Heller, 1861)
Species Caphyra natatrix Zehntner, 1894 accepted as Caphyra loevis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
Species Caphyra octodentata Haswell, 1882 accepted as Caphyra loevis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
Species Caphyra semigranosa de Man, 1888 accepted as Caphyra loevis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
Species Caphyra suvaensis Edmondson, 1935 accepted as Caphyra loevis (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869)
Environment marine
Note  Description: Subfamily Caphyrinae [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205734
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-04-16 06:07:12Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2007-09-12 07:13:21Z  changed  Vandepitte, Leen
2009-12-16 08:58:17Z  checked  Davie, Peter
2011-01-17 12:52:43Z  changed  Davie, Peter
  
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  Citation: Davie, P. (2013). Caphyra Guérin, 1832. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205734 on 2013-05-25
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