Epialtidae MacLeay 1838
- 1. Centre de Recherche en Paléontologie - Paris (CR 2 P, UMR 7207), MNHN, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris, cedex 05 (France)
- 2. Department of Earth and Biological Sciences, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, 92350 CA (United States)
- 3. Via Alessandro Volta, 16 22070 Appiano Gentile (Italy)
- 4. Géosciences Rennes, UMR 6118, CNRS Université de Rennes, F- 35000 Rennes (France)
Description
Family EPIALTIDAE MacLeay, 1838
DIAGNOSIS. — Carapace elongate, triangular or cuneate, sometimes with unusually projected antero-lateral margins; rostrum bifid or singular, long or short; eyes without true orbits, supraorbital eave weak, without intercalated spine, eyestalks short or absent, eyes protected by very long rostrum or preorbital spine, sometimes a postorbital spine present but not cupped to protect eye; merus and ischium of maxilliped equally wide; pereiopods 3-5 often very short compared to 1 and 2 (after Schweitzer et al. 2020).
INCLUDED SUBFAMILIES. — Epialtinae MacLeay,1838; Periacanthinae Lőrenthey in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929; Pisinae Dana, 1851; Pliosomatinae Števčič, 1994; Tychinae Dana, 1851; Wahraniinae n. subfam. (this study).
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Epialtidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Decapoda
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- MacLeay
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Epialtidae MacLeay, 1838 sec. Charbonnier, Garassino, Pasini & Chény, 2024
References
- SCHWEITZER C. E., FELDMANN R. M. & KARASAWA H. 2020. - Part R, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 8 T 11: Systematic descriptions: Superfamily Majoidea. Treatise Online 136: 1 - 31. https: // doi. org / 10.17161 / to. vi. 14519