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Albuneidae

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Description

Albuneidae is a little-known family of specialized burrowing sand crabs. There are 50 extant species as well as nine fossil species that have been described. Fossil specimens have been described from the Cretaceous, Miocene and Oligocene.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8020	https://www.gbif.org/species/8020
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	173116	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=173116

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Albuneidae

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
infraorder	Anomura	Milne-Edwards 1832
superfamily	Hippoidea	Latreille 1825
family	Albuneidae	Stimpson 1858

Scientific Name

Albuneidae

Name Published In

Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858: 230

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Albuneidae	family	belongs to Hippidea	stated without evidence	Rathbun, 1926
Albuneidae	family	belongs to Hippoidea	stated without evidence	Boyko, 2002
Albuneidae	family	belongs to Anomura	stated without evidence	Boyko, 2004
Albuneidae	family	belongs to Hippoidea	stated without evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

41 (59%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 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)

C. B. Boyko. 2004. A new genus of fossil sand crab (Anomura: Albuneidae) from the Oligocene of Italy. Palaeontology 47(4):933-936

Common Name(s)

クダヒゲガニ, Mole Crabs

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Albuneinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Lepidopinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Albunea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Austrolepidopa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Blepharipoda genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Harryhausenia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Italialbunea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	47.8 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Lepidopa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Leucolepidopa ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Lophomastix genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Paralbunea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Paraleucolepidopa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Praealbunea ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	145 Ma Late Jurassic	145 Ma Late Jurassic
Skallamia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sklallamia ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Squillalbunea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Stemonopa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Zygopa genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1858	Albuneidae Stimpson
1926	Albuneidae Rathbun p. 126
2002	Albuneidae Boyko p. 42
2004	Albuneidae Boyko p. 934
2010	Albuneidae Schweitzer et al.

References

Boyko C. B. (2004) A new genus of fossil sand crab (Anomura: Albuneidae) from the Oligocene of Italy, Palaeontology 47 4, 933-936

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

Boyko C. B. (2002) A worldwide revision of the Recent and fossil sand crabs of the Albuneidae Stimpson and Blepharipodidae, new family (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Hippoidea), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 272, 1-272

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

Stimpson, W. (1858). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars VII. Crustacea Anomoura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phiadelphia. 10: 225-252. - via World Register of Marine Species

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 522 Suppression under the Plenary Powers (I) of certain names published by C. S. Rafinesque for genera and species of the orders Decapoda and Stomatopoda (class Crustacea) in the period 1814 ? 1818 and (Ii) of certain specific names currently regarded as senior Subjective synonyms of the names of the type species of Homola Leach, 1815, and Lissa Leach, 1815 respectively both being genera assigned to the first of the foregoing orders.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19(9), 209-248 (1958) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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

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

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

Poore, various sources - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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)

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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