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Eubrachyura

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	129039	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=129039

Rank

unranked clade (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Eubrachyura

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Malacostraca	Latreille 1802
superorder	Eucarida	Calman 1904
order	Decapoda	Latreille 1802
-	Meiura	Saint Laurent 1980
infraorder	Brachyura	Latreille 1802
-	Eubrachyura	de Saint Laurent 1980

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eubrachyura	unranked clade	belongs to Brachyura	stated without evidence	Vega et al., 2001

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

3,132

Extant Size (PBDB)

1,061 (34%)

First Recorded Appearance

168 - 166 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Malacostraca)

Vision

well-developed (based on Malacostraca)

Diet

carnivore (based on Decapoda)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Malacostraca)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S.T. Ahyong, J.C.Y. Lai, and D. Sharkey, DJ Colgan, PKL Ng. 2007. Phylogenetics of the brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda): The status of Podotremata based on small subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45:576-586

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Carpilioidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	197	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Dorippoidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	30	145 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Eriphioidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	56	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Xanthoidea superfamily	listed (PBDB)	407	145 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Hepatidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Daira genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	25	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Heterotremata unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	1,488	145 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Raninoida unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	70	145 Ma Late Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Thoracotremata unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	488	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1980	Eubrachyura de Saint Laurent
2001	Eubrachyura Vega et al. p. 931
2003	Eubrachyura Collins et al. p. 198
2007	Eubrachyura Ahyong et al.
2010	Eubrachyura Schweitzer et al. p. 70
2016	Eubrachyura Rumsey et al. p. 330
2017	Eubrachyura Luque et al. p. 7
2018	Eubrachyura Feldmann et al. p. 579

References

Ahyong S.T., Lai J.C.Y., et al (2007) Phylogenetics of the brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda): The status of Podotremata based on small subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45, 576-586 doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2007.03.022

Vega F. J., Cosma T, et al (2001) New middle Eocene decapods (Crustacea) from Chiapas, Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 75, 929-946

Collins J. S. H., Lee C., et al (2003) Miocene and Pleistocene Crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from Sabah and Sarawak, Journal of Systematic Palaentology 1, 187-226

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2010) Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species, Crustaceana Monographs 10, 1-222

Rumsey B. T., Klompmaker A. A., et al (2016) Paleobiogeography of the fossil box crab Calappilia (Brachyura: Calappidae) with a new species from the Eocene-Oligocene of Florida, Journal of Crustacean Biology 36 3, 329-337 doi:10.1163/1937240X-00002422

Luque J., Schweitzer C. E., et al (2017) Checklist of fossil decapod crustaceans from tropical America. Part I: Anomura and Brachyura, Nauplius 25, e2017025 doi:10.1590/2358-2936e2017025

Feldmann R. M., Schweitzer C. E., et al (2018) Complex taphonomic and depositional history of a new species of Carcinidae (Decapoda: Brachyura: Portunoidea) from Washington state, USA, Journal of Crustacean Biology 38 5, 579-585 doi:10.1093/jcbiol/ruy066

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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