Epilobocera

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Epilobocera
Epilobocera sinuatifrons.jpg
Epilobocera sinuatifrons
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Epiloboceridae
Smalley, 1964
Genus: Epilobocera
Stimpson, 1860
Synonyms[1]
  • Opisthocera Smith, 1870

Epilobocera is a genus of crabs in the family Epiloboceridae[1] (formerly Pseudothelphusidae[2]). It is the only genus in its family;[3] this taxonomic arrangement follows the revision of the family Pseudothelphusidae by Álvarez and colleagues.[4]

Species[]

Epilobocera contains the following species:[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Epilobocera Stimpson, 1860". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  2. ^ Ng, Peter K. L.; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement Series. 17: 1–286.
  3. ^ "Epiloboceridae Smalley, 1964". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. ^ Álvarez, Fernando; Ojeda, Juan Carlos; Souza-Carvalho, Edvanda; Villalobos, José Luis; Magalhães, Célio; Wehrtmann, Ingo S. & Mantelatto, Fernando L. (2020-12-26). "Revision of the higher taxonomy of Neotropical freshwater crabs of the family Pseudothelphusidae, based on multigene and morphological analyses". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa162.


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