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Epialtidae  MacLeay, 1838
Taxonomic Serial No.: 621487

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: unknown   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria   
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumCrustacea Brünnich, 1772 – crustacés, crustáceo, crustaceans  
                   ClassMalacostraca Latreille, 1802  
                      SubclassEumalacostraca Grobben, 1892  
                         SuperorderEucarida Calman, 1904 – camarão, caranguejo, ermitão, lagosta, siri  
                            OrderDecapoda Latreille, 1802 – crabs, crayfishes, lobsters, prawns, shrimp, crabes, crevettes, écrevisses, homards  
                               SuborderPleocyemata Burkenroad, 1963  
                                  InfraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802 – short-tailed crabs, true crabs  
                                     SuperfamilyMajoidea Samouelle, 1819 – spider crabs  
                                        FamilyEpialtidae MacLeay, 1838  
    Direct Children:  
                                           GenusAcanthonyx Latreille, 1825  
                                           GenusEpialtoides Garth, 1958  
                                           GenusEpialtus Edwards, 1834  
                                           GenusHuenia De Haan, 1839  
                                           GenusMenaethius H. Milne Edwards, 1834  
                                           GenusMimulus Stimpson, 1860  
                                           GenusMocosoa Stimpson, 1871  
                                           GenusPerinea Dana, 1852  
                                           GenusPugettia Dana, 1851  
                                           GenusSimocarcinus Miers, 1879  
                                           GenusSphenocarcinus A. Milne-Edwards, 1875  
                                           GenusTaliepus A. Milne-Edwards, 1897  
       

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  Source: American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31, pre-press (version 18-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: McLaughlin et al. 2005. Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 31   
  Reference for: Epialtidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Martin, Joel W., and George E. Davis   
  Publication Date: 2001   
  Article/Chapter Title: An Updated Classification of the Recent Crustacea   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles, Science Series 39   
  Page(s): 124   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1-891276-27-1   
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  Reference for: Epialtidae   
       

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