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]
| Epilobocera | |
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| Epilobocera sinuatifrons | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Epiloboceridae Smalley, 1964 |
| Genus: | Epilobocera Stimpson, 1860 |
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Species edit
Epilobocera contains the following species:[1]
- Epilobocera armata Smith, 1870
- Epilobocera capolongoi Pretzmann, 2000
- Epilobocera cubensis Stimpson, 1860
- Epilobocera gertraudae Pretzmann, 1965
- Epilobocera gilmanii (Smith, 1870)
- Epilobocera haytensis Rathbun, 1893
- Epilobocera sinuatifrons (A. Milne-Edwards, 1866)
- Epilobocera wetherbeei Rodriguez & Williams, 1995
References edit
- ^ a b c "Epilobocera Stimpson, 1860". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Epiloboceridae Smalley, 1964". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ 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. 193 (3): 973–1001. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa162.
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