Blepharipodidae

Blepharipodidae; Temporal range: Eocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Anomura
Superfamily:	Hippoidea
Family:	Blepharipodidae; Boyko, 2002
Genera
	Blepharipoda Randall, 1840; Benedict, 1904;

Blepharipodidae is a family of sand crabs (Hippoidea), comprising the two genera Blepharipoda and .^[1] They are distinguished from the other families in the superfamily Hippoidea by the form of the gills, which are trichobranchiate (filamentous) in Blepharipodidae, but phyllobranchiate (lamellar) in Albuneidae and Hippidae.^[2]^[3] Fossils belonging to the genus Lophomastix have been found in rocks dating back to the Eocene.^[4]^[5]

References[]

^ Christopher Boyko (2010). "Blepharipodidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 18, 2012.
^ Christopher B. Boyko (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: 1–396. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)272<0001:AWROTR>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/436.
^ Patsy A. McLaughlin, Rafael Lemaitre & Ulf Sorhannus (2007). "Hermit crab phylogeny: a reappraisal and its "fall-out"" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 27 (1): 97–115. doi:10.1651/S-2675.1.
^ Torrey Nyborg & Francisco J. Vega (2008). "Three new fossil species of Lophomastix (Decapoda: Blepharipodidae) from the Cenozoic of Washington". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 28 (2): 361–369. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2008)028[0361:TNFSOL]2.0.CO;2.
^ Carrie E. Schweitzer & Christopher B. Boyko (2000). "First report of the genus Lophomastix Benedict, 1904 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Albuneidae) in the fossil record and a reappraisal of the status of Blepharipoda brucei Rathbun, 1926". Journal of Paleontology. 74 (4): 631–635. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0631:FROTGL>2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1306943.

[1] Christopher Boyko (2010). "Blepharipodidae". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved March 18, 2012.

[2] Christopher B. Boyko (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: 1–396. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)272<0001:AWROTR>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/436.

[3] Patsy A. McLaughlin, Rafael Lemaitre & Ulf Sorhannus (2007). "Hermit crab phylogeny: a reappraisal and its "fall-out"" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 27 (1): 97–115. doi:10.1651/S-2675.1.

[4] Torrey Nyborg & Francisco J. Vega (2008). "Three new fossil species of Lophomastix (Decapoda: Blepharipodidae) from the Cenozoic of Washington". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 28 (2): 361–369. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2008)028[0361:TNFSOL]2.0.CO;2.

[5] Carrie E. Schweitzer & Christopher B. Boyko (2000). "First report of the genus Lophomastix Benedict, 1904 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Albuneidae) in the fossil record and a reappraisal of the status of Blepharipoda brucei Rathbun, 1926". Journal of Paleontology. 74 (4): 631–635. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0631:FROTGL>2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1306943.

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