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Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838

196143  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196143)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Eucarida (Superorder)
  9. Decapoda (Order)
  10. Pleocyemata (Suborder)
  11. Brachyura (Infraorder)
  12. Eubrachyura (Section)
  13. Heterotremata (Subsection)
  14. Majoidea (Superfamily)
  15. Epialtidae (Family)
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Family
Acanthonychidae Stimpson, 1871 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Acanthonychinae Stimpson, 1871 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Alcockiini Števčić, 2005 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Huenidae MacLeay, 1838 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Othoninae Dana, 1851 · unaccepted
Picrocerinae Neumann, 1878 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Tychidae Dana, 1851 · unaccepted
Tychiidae Dana, 1851 · unaccepted

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  1. Genus Chimaerodinia Richer de Forges, Lee & Ng, 2021
  2. Genus Crocydocinus Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2019
  3. Subfamily Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838
    1. Genus Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828
    2. Genus Alfredalcockia Števčić, 2011
    3. Genus Antilibinia MacLeay, 1838
    4. Genus Cyclonyx Miers, 1879
    5. Genus Epialtoides Garth, 1958
    6. Genus Epialtus H. Milne Edwards, 1834
    7. Genus Eupleurodon Stimpson, 1871
    8. Genus Goniothorax A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
    9. Genus Griffinia Richer de Forges, 1994
    10. Genus Huenia De Haan, 1837
    11. Genus Leucippa H. Milne Edwards, 1833
    12. Genus Lophorochinia Garth, 1969
    13. Genus Menaethiops Alcock, 1895
    14. Genus Menaethius H. Milne Edwards, 1834
    15. Genus Mocosoa Stimpson, 1871
    16. Genus Perinia Dana, 1851
    17. Genus Pugettia Dana, 1851
    18. Genus Sargassocarcinus Ward, 1936
    19. Genus Simocarcinus Miers, 1879
    20. Genus Taliepus A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
    21. Genus Xenocarcinus White, 1847
    22. Genus Alcockia Števčić, 2005 accepted as Alfredalcockia Števčić, 2011 (junior homonym)
    23. Tribe Alcockiini Števčić, 2005 accepted as Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    24. Genus Gonosoma Costa, 1844 accepted as Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    25. Genus Mimulus Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Pugettia Dana, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    26. Genus Parahoplophrys Nobili, 1905 accepted as Menaethiops Alcock, 1895 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    27. Genus Peltinia Dana, 1851 accepted as Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    28. Genus Perinea Dana, 1851 accepted as Perinia Dana, 1851 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  4. Genus Minyorhyncha Tavares & Santana, 2018
  5. Genus Neophrys Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2019
  6. Subfamily Pisinae Dana, 1851
    1. Genus Acanthophrys A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
    2. Genus Afropisa Muñoz, García-Raso, Gónzalez, Lopes, dos Santos & Cuesta, 2023
    3. Genus Anamathia Smith, 1885
    4. Genus Apias Rathbun, 1897
    5. Genus Apiomithrax Rathbun, 1897
    6. Genus Austrolibinia Griffin, 1966
    7. Genus Chorilia Dana, 1851
    8. Genus Chorinus Latreille, 1825
    9. Genus Coelocerus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875
    10. Genus Cyclocoeloma Miers, 1880
    11. Genus Cyphocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1868
    12. Genus Delsolaria Garth, 1973
    13. Genus Doclea Leach, 1815
    14. Genus Garthinia Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009
    15. Genus Giranauria Griffin & Tranter, 1986
    16. Genus Goniopugettia Ng, Guinot & Davie, 2008
    17. Genus Goniopugettia Davie & Ng, 2024
    18. Genus Guinotinia Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009
    19. Genus Herbstia H. Milne Edwards, 1834
    20. Genus Holoplites Rathbun, 1894
    21. Genus Hoplophrys Henderson, 1893
    22. Genus Hyastenus White, 1847
    23. Genus Lahaina Dana, 1851
    24. Genus Laubierinia Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009
    25. Genus Lepidonaxia Targioni Tozzetti, 1877
    26. Genus Lepteces Rathbun, 1893
    27. Genus Leptomaia Griffin & Tranter, 1986
    28. Genus Leptopisa Stimpson, 1871
    29. Genus Libidoclaea H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1842
    30. Genus Libinia Leach, 1815
    31. Genus Loxorhynchus Stimpson, 1857
    32. Genus Lyramaia Griffin & Tranter, 1986
    33. Genus Macrocoeloma Miers, 1879
    34. Genus Micippoides A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
    35. Genus Microlissa Pretzmann, 1961
    36. Genus Micropisa Stimpson, 1857
    37. Genus Naxioides A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
    38. Genus Neodoclea Buitendijk, 1950
    39. Genus Nibilia A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
    40. Genus Nicoya Wicksten, 1987
    41. Genus Notolopas Stimpson, 1871
    42. Genus Oplopisa A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
    43. Genus Oxypleurodon Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885
    44. Genus Paranaxia Rathbun, 1924
    45. Genus Pelia Bell, 1836
    46. Genus Phalangipus Latreille, 1828
    47. Genus Picroceroides Miers, 1886
    48. Genus Pisa Leach, 1814
    49. Genus Pisoides H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1843
    50. Genus Pohleus Colavite, Windsor & Santana, 2020
    51. Genus Pteromaja Ng & Anker, 2014
    52. Genus Rhinocarcinus Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009
    53. Genus Rochinia A. Milne-Edwards, 1875
    54. Genus Samadinia Ng & Richer de Forges, 2013
    55. Genus Scyra Dana, 1851
    56. Genus Siderochinia Lee, Richer de Forges & Ng, 2021
    57. Genus Solinca Colavite, Windsor & Santana, 2019
    58. Genus Sphenocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875
    59. Genus Stegopleurodon Richer de Forges & Ng, 2009
    60. Genus Stenocionops Desmarest, 1823
    61. Genus Stratiolibinia Tavares & Santana, 2011
    62. Genus Thusaenys Griffin & Tranter, 1986
    63. Genus Tiarinia Dana, 1851
    64. Genus Trachymaia A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
    65. Genus Tunepugettia Ng, Komai & Sato, 2017
    66. Genus Tylocarcinus Miers, 1879
    67. Genus Amanthia Roux, 1828 accepted as Amathia Roux, 1828 accepted as Anamathia Smith, 1885 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    68. Genus Blastia White, 1847 accepted as Pisa Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
    69. Genus Chlorilibinia Lockington, 1877 accepted as Stenocionops Desmarest, 1823 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    70. Genus Hoploplites Rathbun, 1894 accepted as Holoplites Rathbun, 1894 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    71. Genus Libidoclea H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1842 accepted as Libidoclaea H. Milne Edwards & Lucas, 1842 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    72. Genus Lissa Leach, 1815 accepted as Pisa Leach, 1814
    73. Genus Nasutocarcinus Tavares, 1991 accepted as Oxypleurodon Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    74. Genus Parazewa Balss, 1938 accepted as Acanthophrys A. Milne-Edwards, 1865 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    75. Genus Pericera Latreille, 1825 accepted as Stenocionops Desmarest, 1823 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
    76. Genus Pyria Dana, 1851 accepted as Apias Rathbun, 1897 (unaccepted > junior homonym, name pre-occupied by Pyria Lepelitier & Serville, 1828 [Hymenoptera])
    77. Genus Stenocinops Desmarest, 1823 accepted as Stenocionops Desmarest, 1823 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  7. Genus Scyramathia A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  8. Subfamily Tychinae Dana, 1851
    1. Genus Criocarcinus H. Milne Edwards, 1834
    2. Genus Picrocerus A. Milne-Edwards, 1865
    3. Genus Stilbognathus von Martens, 1866
    4. Genus Stilbomastax Williams, Shaw & Hopkins, 1977
    5. Genus Tyche Bell, 1836
    6. Genus Platyrinchus Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 accepted as Tyche Bell, 1836 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  9. Subfamily Acanthonychinae Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  10. Subfamily Amathinae Dana, 1851 accepted as Pisinae Dana, 1851
  11. Subfamily Chorininae Dana, 1851 accepted as Pisinae Dana, 1851
  12. Subfamily Criocarcininae Dana, 1851 accepted as Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838
  13. Subfamily Cyphocarcininae Neumann, 1878 accepted as Pisinae Dana, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  14. Genus Dehaanius MacLeay, 1838 accepted as Acanthonyx Latreille, 1828 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  15. Subfamily Hyasteniinae Balss, 1929 accepted as Pisinae Dana, 1851
  16. Subfamily Ixioninae Neumann, 1878 accepted as Pisinae Dana, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  17. Subfamily Leptopisinae Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Pisinae Dana, 1851 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, originally as Leptopinae)
  18. Subfamily Libiniinae Dana, 1851 accepted as Pisinae Dana, 1851
  19. Subfamily Macrocoelominae Balss, 1929 accepted as Pisinae Dana, 1851
  20. Subfamily Menaethinae Dana, 1851 accepted as Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838
  21. Subfamily Ophthalmiinae Balss, 1929 accepted as Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838
  22. Subfamily Othoninae Dana, 1851 accepted as Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838
  23. Subfamily Picrocerinae Neumann, 1878 accepted as Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  24. Subfamily Pliosomatinae Števčić, 1994 accepted as Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838
    1. Genus Pliosoma Stimpson, 1860
  25. Subfamily Pyrinae Dana, 1851 accepted as Pisinae Dana, 1851
  26. Subfamily Stenociopinae Dana, 1851 accepted as Pisinae Dana, 1851
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details] OpenAccess publication
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=196143 on 2025-05-04
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2005-12-28 19:00:22Z
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Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-12-15 09:56:25Z
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Davie, Peter
2022-08-22 17:32:05Z
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Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Acanthonychidae Stimpson, 1871) Stimpson, W. (1871). Notes on North American Crustacea in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. III. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 10: 92-163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1874.tb00028.x [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tychidae Dana, 1851) Dana, J. D. (1851). On the classification of the maioid Crustacea or Oxyrhyncha. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 11(33): 425–434. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Pliosomatinae Števčić, 1994) Števčić, Z. (1994). Contribution to the re—classification of the family Majidae. <em>Periodicum Biologorum.</em> 419-420. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Huenidae MacLeay, 1838) MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Criocarcininae Dana, 1851) Dana, J. D. (1851). On the classification of the maioid Crustacea or Oxyrhyncha. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 11(33): 425–434. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Menaethinae Dana, 1851) Dana, J. D. (1851). On the classification of the maioid Crustacea or Oxyrhyncha. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 11(33): 425–434. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Othoninae Dana, 1851) Dana, J. D. (1851). On the classification of the maioid Crustacea or Oxyrhyncha. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 11(33): 425–434. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Tychiidae Dana, 1851) Dana, J. D. (1851). On the classification of the maioid Crustacea or Oxyrhyncha. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 11(33): 425–434.
note: as Tychidae [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Acanthonychinae Stimpson, 1871) Stimpson, W. (1871). Notes on North American Crustacea in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. III. <em>Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York.</em> 10: 92-163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1874.tb00028.x [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Picrocerinae Neumann, 1878) Neumann, R. (1878). Systematische Uebersicht der Gattungen der Oxyrhynchen. Catalog der Podophthalmen Crustaceen des Heidelberger Museums. Beschreibung einiger neuer Arten. Der Hohen philosophischen Facultät der Universität Heidelberg als Inauguraldissertation. J. B. Hirschfeld, Leipzig, 39 pp. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ophthalmiinae Balss, 1929) Balss, H. (1929). Decapoden des Roten Meeres IV. Oxyrhyncha und Schlussbetrachtungen. In: Expedition S.M. Schiff „Pola“ in das Rote Meer, Nördliche und Südliche Hälfte 1895/96–1897/98, Zoologische Ergebnisse XXXVI. <em>Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturewissenschaftliche Klasse.</em> 102(1): 1–30, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Alcockiini Števčić, 2005) Števčić, Z. (2005). Reklasifikacija kratkorepih rakova (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) [The reclassification of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)]. <em>Natura Croatica.</em> 14(suppl. 1), 1-159. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

original description (of Periacanthidae Lőrenthey in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929 †) Lőrenthey, E.; Beurlen, K. (1929). Die fossilen Dekapoden der Länder der Ungarischen Krone. <em>Geologica Hungarica, series Palaeontologica.</em> 3: 1–420, 16 pls., 12 tables. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. <em>Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú.</em> 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details] 

 
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