Epialtinae is a subfamily 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, containing the following
genera
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Acanthonyx
''Acanthonyx'' is a genus of crabs, in the family Epialtidae
Epialtidae is a family of crabs, containing the subfamilies:
* Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838
* Pisinae Dana, 1851
* Pliosomatinae Števčić, 1994
* Tychinae Dana, 1851
* Actinot ...
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Latreille, 1828
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Alfredalcockia''
Števčić, 2005
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Antilibinia''
MacLeay, 1838
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Cyclonyx''
Miers, 1879
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Epialtoides''
Garth, 1958
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Epialtus''
H. Milne-Edwards, 1834
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Esopus''
A. Milne-Edwards, 1875
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Eupleurodon''
Stimpson, 1871
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Goniothorax
''Goniothorax ruber'' is a species of crab in the family Epialtidae
Epialtidae is a family of crabs, containing the subfamilies:
* Epialtinae MacLeay, 1838
* Pisinae Dana, 1851
* Pliosomatinae Števčić, 1994
* Tychinae Dana, 1851
* Ac ...
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A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
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Griffinia''
Richer de Forges, 1994
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Huenia''
De Haan, 1837
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Leucippa''
H. Milne-Edwards, 1833
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Lophorochinia''
Garth, 1969
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Menaethiops''
Alcock, 1895
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Menaethius''
A. Milne-Edwards, 1834
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Mimulus
Mimulus is a plant genus in the family Phrymaceae, which was traditionally placed in family Scrophulariaceae. The genus now contains only seven species, two native to eastern North America and the other five native to Asia, Australia, Africa, ...
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Stimpson, 1860
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Mocosa''
Stimpson, 1871
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Perinia''
Dana, 1851
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Pugettia
''Pugettia'' is a genus of kelp crabs, in the family Epialtidae. It comprises the following species:
*'' Pugettia dalli'' Rathbun, 1894 – spined kelp crab
*'' Pugettia elongata'' Yokoya, 1933
*'' Pugettia gracilis'' Dana, 1851 – graceful ke ...
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Dana, 1851
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Sargassocarcinus''
Ward, 1936
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Simocarcinus''
Miers, 1879
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Taliepus
''Taliepus'' is a genus of kelp and spider crabs in the family Epialtidae. There are at least three described species in the genus ''Taliepus''.
Species
These three species belong to the genus ''Taliepus'':
* '' Taliepus dentatus'' (H. Milne Edw ...
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A. Milne-Edwards, 1878
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Xenocarcinus''
White, 1847
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Incertae sedis
' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertainty ...
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* ''Acanthonyx elongatus''
White, 1847 (''
nomen nudum
In taxonomy, a ''nomen nudum'' ('naked name'; plural ''nomina nuda'') is a designation which looks exactly like a scientific name of an organism, and may have originally been intended to be one, but it has not been published with an adequate descr ...
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* ''Huenia dehaanii''
White, 1848
* ''Huenia proteus'' var. ''tenuipes''
Adams & White, 1848
* ''Inachus australis''
Gray, 1831
* ''Menaethius brevirostris''
Heller, 1862
References
Crustacean taxonomy
Arthropod subfamilies
Majoidea
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