The Aethridae are a family of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s in their own superfamily, Aethroidea. It contains these
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
(extinct genera marked †):
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Actaeomorpha''
Miers, 1877
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Aethra''
Latreille in Cuvier, 1816
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Drachiella''
Guinot, in Serene & Soh, 1976
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Eriosachila''
Blow & Manning, 1996
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Hepatella
''Hepatella'' is a genus of crabs in the family Aethridae, containing these species:
*† '' Hepatella amazonica'' Beurlen, 1958 (Lower Miocene
The Early Miocene (also known as Lower Miocene) is a sub-epoch of the Miocene Epoch made up of tw ...
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Smith, in Verrill, 1869
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Hepatiscus''
Bittner, 1875
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Hepatus
''Hepatus'' is a genus of crabs in the family Aethridae, containing seven extant species, plus some fossil species:
* '' Hepatus chiliensis'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
* ''Hepatus epheliticus
''Hepatus epheliticus'', known by various names, in ...
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Latreille, 1802
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Mainhepatiscus''
De Angeli & Beschin, 1999
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Matutites''
Blow & Manning, 1996
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Osachila
''Osachila'' is a genus of crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely un ...
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Stimpson, 1871
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Prehepatus''
Rathbun, 1935
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Priabonella''
Beschin, De Angeli, Checchi & Mietto, 2006
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Pseudohepatiscus''
Blow & Manning, 1996
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Sakaila
''Sakalia'' is a genus of crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely und ...
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Manning & Holthuis, 1981
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Crabs
Decapod families
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