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Dorippidae

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Description

Dorippidae is a small family of crabs, containing the following genera (extinct genera marked "†"):

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8037	https://www.gbif.org/species/8037
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	94715	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=94715

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Dorippidae

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
superfamily	Dorippoidea	MacLeay 1838
family	Dorippidae	MacLeay 1838

Scientific Name

Dorippidae

Name Published In

in Smith, Illustrations Zoology South Africa (Invertebratae): 55, 69

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Dorippidae	family	belongs to Dorippoidea	stated without evidence	Karasawa, 1993
Dorippidae	family	belongs to Dorippoidea	stated with evidence	Larghi, 2004

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

12 (30%)

First Recorded Appearance

145 - 101 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

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. Larghi. 2004. Brachyuran decapod Crustacea from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon. Journal of Paleontology 78(3):528-541

Common Name(s)

Sumo Crabs, Gespenstkrabben, Demon-faced Crabs, ヘイケガニ

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dorippinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Telamonocarcininae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		3	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Archaeocypoda ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bartethusa ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Cartethusa ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Dorippe genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Dorippoides genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eodorippe ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Eopalicus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Heikea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heikeopsis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	13.8 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Medorippe genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Neodorippe genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Nobilum genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Paradorippe genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Philippidorippe genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phyllodorippe genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spinipalicus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
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
1838	Dorippidae MacLeay
1993	Dorippidae Karasawa p. 44
2004	Dorippidae Larghi p. 531

References

Larghi C. (2004) Brachyuran decapod Crustacea from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon, Journal of Paleontology 78 3, 528-541

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

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)

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

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

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 688 Dromia Weber, 1795 (Crustacea, Decapoda): designation of a type-species under the Plenary Powers.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 21, 16-19 (1964) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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