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Atelecyclidae

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Atelecyclidae is a family of crabs belonging to the Cancroidea superfamily, and currently contains eight genera of which two are extinct. However, the genera other than Atelecyclus and Pseudocorystes do not belong in the Cancroidea, and are to be removed from the family.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8023	https://www.gbif.org/species/8023
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	63283	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63283

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Decapoda : Atelecyclidae

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	Cancroidea	Latreille 1802
family	Atelecyclidae	Ortmann 1893

Scientific Name

Atelecyclidae

Name Published In

Zool. Jahrb. (Syst.), 7: 27

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Atelecyclidae	family	belongs to Brachyura	stated without evidence	Ortmann, 1893
Atelecyclidae	family	belongs to Corystoidea	stated without evidence	Feldmann and Keys, 1992
Atelecyclidae	family	belongs to Cancroidea	stated without evidence	Schweitzer et al., 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (22%)

First Recorded Appearance

55.8 - 37.2 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)

A. E. Ortmann. 1893. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. VI Theil. Abtheilung: Brachyura (Brachyura genuina Boas), I. Unterabtheilung: Majoidea und Cancroidea, 1: Section Portuninea. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums 7:22-88

Common Name(s)

Horse Crabs, Rundkrabben, Circular Crabs, クリガニ

Wikipedia

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

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Atelecyclinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Atelecyclus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Levicyclus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Palaeotrichia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Podocatactes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Pseudocorystes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Trachycarcinus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Trichopeltarion genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant

Obsolete Names

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

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1893	Atelecyclidae Ortmann
1992	Atelecyclidae Feldmann and Keys p. 10
1999	Atelecyclidae Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 237
2006	Atelecyclidae Schweitzer et al. p. 24 figs. Table 1
2010	Atelecyclidae Schweitzer et al.
2017	Atelecyclidae Luque et al. p. 17

References

Ortmann A. E. Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Herrn Dr. Döderlein bei Japan und bei den Liu-Kiu-Inseln gesammelten und zur Zeit im Strassburger Museum aufbewahrten Formen. VI Theil. Abtheilung: Brachyura (Brachyura genuina Boas), I. Unterabtheilung: Majoidea und Cancroidea, 1: Section Portuninea, Die Decapoden-Krebse des Strassburger Museums 7, 22-88

Feldmann R. M., Keys I. W. (1992) Systematic and stratigraphic review with catalogue and locality index of the Mesozoic and Cenozoic decapod Crustacea of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Record 45, 1-73

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M. (1999) Fossil decapod crustaceans from the late Oligocene to early Miocene Pysht Formation and late Oligocene Quimper Sandstone, Olympic Peninsula, Washington, Annals of Carnegie Museum 68 4, 215-273

Schweitzer C. E., Feldmann R. M., et al (2006) New Decapoda (Anomura, Brachyura) from the Eocene Bateque and Tepetate Formations, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33, 21-45

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

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

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

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

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

d'Udekem d'Acoz, C. (1999). Inventory and distribution of the decapod crustaceans from the northeastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the adjacent continental waters north of 25°N. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 40. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Paris. ISBN 2-86515-114-10. X, 383 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

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