Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Goneplacoidea

Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Eucrate De Haan, 1835
Machaerus Leach, 1818

Literature

original description

Stimpson, W. (1871). Preliminary report on the Crustacea dredged in the Gulf Stream in the Straits of Florida, by L. F. de Pourtales, Assist. U. S. Coast Survey. Part I. Brachyura. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. 2(2): 109-160.

basis of record

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

additional source

Castro, P.; Ng, P. K. L. (2010). Revision of the family Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Goneplacoidea). Zootaxa. 2375: 1-130.

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Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106756

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2020-08-07 by Shane Ahyong

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