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Inachidae

Inachidae is a family of crabs, containing the following genera:

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Inachidae
Temporal range: Oligocene–recent1
Inachus dorsettensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Majoidea
Family: Inachidae
MacLeay, 1838

Inachidae is a family of crabs, containing the following genera:23

  • Achaeopsis Stimpson, 1857
  • Anomalothir Miers, 1879
  • Calypsachaeus Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  • Camposcia Latreille, 1829
  • Capartiella Manning & Holthuis, 1981
  • Chalaroachaeus De Man, 1902
  • Chorinachus Griffin & Tranter, 1986
  • Ephippias Rathbun, 1918
  • Erileptus Rathbun, 1894
  • Litosus Loh & Ng, 1999
  • Metoporhaphis Stimpson, 1860
  • Oncinopus De Haan, 1839
  • Paratymolus Miers, 1879
  • Physachaeus Alcock, 1895
  • Podochela Stimpson, 1860
  • Prosphorachaeus Takeda & Miyake, 1969
  • Rhinospinosa Griffin & Tranter, 1986
  • Sunipea Griffin & Tranter, 1986
  • Eucinetopinae Števčić, 2005
    • Eucinetops Stimpson, 1860
  • Inachinae MacLeay, 1838
    • Achaeus Leach, 1817
    • Dorhynchus Thomson, 1873
    • Dumea Loh & Ng, 1999
    • Encephaloides Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
    • Eurypodius Guérin, 1828
    • Inachus Weber, 1795
    • Macropodia Leach, 1814
  • Podochelinae Neumann, 1878
    • Anisonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
    • Coryrhynchus Kingsley, 1880
    • Ericerodes Rathbun, 1897
References

References

  1. "Family Inachidae MacLeay 1838 (crab)". Paleontological database.org.
  2. Boyko, Christopher B. (23 August 2022). "Inachidae MacLeay, 1838". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  3. Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.