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Ethusidae
| Description | Ethusidae is one of two extant families of crabs in the superfamily Dorippoidea. It contains four genera. Members of this family are found in marine environments at depths from 16m to 4,192m. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethusidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Ethusidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Ethusidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (38%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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) | C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, and A. Garassino, H. Karasawa, and G. Schweigert. 2010. Systematic list of fossil decapod crustacean species. Crustaceana Monographs 10:1-222 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethusidae |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Archaeocypoda ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Bartethusa ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Eodorippe ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Ethusa genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Ethusina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Parethusa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Serpenthusa genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Telamonocarcinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
| Tepexicarcinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
| Titanodorippe ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1977 | Ethusidae Guinot |
| 1993 | Ethusinae Karasawa p. 44 |
| 2010 | Ethusidae Schweitzer et al. |
References
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!
