Erymidae
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Superfamily: | Erymoidea Van Straelen, 1924
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Family: | Erymidae Van Straelen, 1924
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Erymidae is a family of decapod crustaceans known only from fossils. They survived for 100 million years, from the Permo-Triassic boundary to the Hauterivian.[1] Eleven genera are recognised:[2]
- Clytiella Glaessner, 1931 – 1 species
- Clytiopsis Bill, 1914 – 3 species
- Enoploclytia M’Coy, 1849 – 20 species
- Eryma Von Meyer, 1840 – 44 species
- Galicia Garassino & Krobicki, 2002 – 3 species
- Lissocardia Von Meyer, 1851 – 3 species
- Palaeastacus Bell, 1850 – 24 species
- Paraclytiopsis Oravec, 1962 – 1 species
- Protoclytiopsis Birshtein, 1958 – 1 species
- Pustulina Quenstedt, 1857 – 12 species
- Stenodactylina Beurlen, 1928 – 1 species
References
- ^ Reinhard Forster (1985). "Evolutionary trends and ecology of Mesozoic decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 76: 299–304. doi:10.1017/s0263593300010518.
- ^ 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.