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Leucosiidae

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Leucosiidae is a family of crabs containing three subfamilies and a number of genera incertae sedis:

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucosiidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3928	https://www.gbif.org/species/3928
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	156902	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=156902

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Leucosiidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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
-	Heterotremata	Guinot 1977
superfamily	Leucosioidea	Samouelle 1819
family	Leucosiidae	Samouelle 1819

Scientific Name

Leucosiidae

Name Published In

Entomol. useful Compendium: 91

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Leucosiidae	family	belongs to Oxystomata	stated without evidence	Rathbun, 1918
Leucosiidae	family	belongs to Leucosioidea	stated without evidence	Karasawa, 1993
Leucosiidae	family	belongs to Calappoidea	stated without evidence	Tiwari et al., 1997
Leucosiidae	family	belongs to Leucosioidea	stated without evidence	Collins et al., 2003
Leucosiidae	family	belongs to Leucosioidea	stated with evidence	Todd and Collins, 2005
Leucosiidae	family	belongs to Leucosioidea	stated without evidence	Luque et al., 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

211

Extant Size (PBDB)

90 (43%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

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)

R. P. Tiwari, G. Barman, and PP Satsangi. 1997. Miocene crabs from Mizoram, India. Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 42:127-132

Common Name(s)

Purse Crabs, Kugelkrabben, Kiezelkrabben, Nut Crabs, Pebble Crabs, コブシガニ, Rombkrabbor

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucosiidae

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cryptocneminae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Ebaliinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		102	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Leucosiinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		26	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Philyrinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		19	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Acanthilia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Afrophila genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Alox genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ampliura ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Ancylodactyla genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Andorina ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Arcania genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Atlantolocia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atlantophila genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Atlantotlos genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bellidilia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Callidactylus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cateios genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coleusia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coralliocryptus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptocnemus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Dolos genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Duncanitrix genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Ebalia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Ebaliopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euclosiana genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Favus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Galilia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gemmacarcinus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Hepatinulus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Heterolithadia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heteronucia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Hiplyra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ihleus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ilia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Iliacantha genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Ixa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Kabutos genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leucisca genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Leucosia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Leucosilia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Lissomorpha genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lithadia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lyphira genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merocryptoides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Merocryptus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Myra genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Myrine genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Myropsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nobiliella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nucia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Nucilobus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	13.8 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Nuciops genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nursia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nursilia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Onychomorpha genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oreophorus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Oreotlos genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Orientotlos genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeomyra ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Paranursia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Parilia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Persephona genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		17	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Philyra genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Praebebalia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praosia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudomyra genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudophilyra genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Pterocarcinus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pyrhila genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Randallia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Raylilia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ryphila genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Seulocia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Soceulia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Speloeophoroides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Speloeophorus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tanaoa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tlos genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tokoyo genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Toru genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Typilobus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	41.3 Ma Eocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Uhlias genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Urashima genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Urnalana genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Socenlia alainia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Leucosidea	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Leucosidea

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1819	Leucosiidae Samouelle
1918	Leucosiidae Rathbun p. 161
1926	Leucosiidae Rathbun p. 75
1993	Leucosiidae Karasawa p. 75
1997	Leucosiidae Tiwari et al. p. 128
2003	Leucosiidae Collins et al. p. 202
2005	Leucosiidae Todd and Collins p. 71
2017	Leucosiidae Luque et al. p. 12

References

Tiwari R. P., Barman G., et al (1997) Miocene crabs from Mizoram, India, Journal of the Palaeontological Society of India 42, 127-132

Rathbun M. J. (1918) Decapod Crustaceans from the Panama Region, Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum, 123-184

Rathbun M. J. (1926) The Fossil Stalk-Eyed Crustacea of the Pacific Slope of North America, United States National Museum Bulletin 138, 1-155

Karasawa H. (1993) Cenozoic Decapod Crustacea from Southwest Japan, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 20, 1-92

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

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

De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. supplement 21: 1-109. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis, 2001: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39. 124. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Williams, Austin B., Lawrence G. Abele, D. L. Felder, H. H. Hobbs, Jr., R. B. Manning, et al., 1989: Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Decapod Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 17. 77. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Bowman, Thomas E., and Lawrence G. Abele / Lawrence G. Abele, ed. / Dorothy E. Bliss, ed.-in-chief, 1982: Chapter 1: Classification of the Recent Crustacea. The Biology of Crustacea, vol. 1: Systematics, the Fossil Record, and Biogeography. 1-27. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Ingle, R.W. (1983) - via Taxa Watermanagement the Netherlands (TWN)

Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292 - via World Register of Marine Species

Adema, J.P.H.M. (1991). De krabben van Nederland en Belgie (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura) [The crabs of the Netherlands and Belgium (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura)]. Nationaal Natuurhistorisch Museum: Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-73239-02-8. 244 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 712 Forty-seven genera of Decapod Crustacea: placed on the Official List.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 21(5), 336-351 (1964) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Samouelle, G. (1819) The entomologist's useful compendium, or An introduction to the knowledge of British insects : comprising the best means of obtaining and preserving them, and a description of the apparatus generally used; together with the genera of Linné, and the modern method of arranging the classes Crustacea, Myriapoda, Spiders, Mites and Insects, from their affinities and structure, according to the views of Dr. Leach ; also an explanation of the terms used in entomology; calendar of the times of appearance and usual situations of near 3,000 species of British insects ; with instructions for collecting and fitting up objects for the microscope ; illustrated with twelve plates - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

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