Corystidae

Corystidae
Temporal range:
Corystes cassivelaunus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Corystoidea
Samouelle, 1819
Family: Corystidae
Samouelle, 1819
Genera

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Corystidae is a family of crabs, in its own superfamily, Corystoidea. It includes what was once thought to be the oldest Eubrachyuran fossil, Hebertides jurassica, thought to be dating from the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic); the species was subsequently reinterpreted as being Cenozoic in age. Corystidae contains ten extant and five extinct species in eight genera:

  • Corystes Bosc, 1802
  • Corystites Lőrenthey, in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929
  • Gomeza Gray, 1831
  • GomezinusCollins, Lee & Noad, 2003
  • HarenacorystesVan Bakel, Jagt, Artal & Fraaije, 2009
  • HebertidesGuinot, De Angeli & Garassino, 2007
  • Jonas Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
  • MicromithraxNoetling, 1881
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