Eriphia Latreille 1817 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Eriphiidae

Parent taxon: Eriphiidae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2020

See also Dana 1851, Garassino et al. 2004, Karasawa 1990, Karasawa 1993, Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006, Luque et al. 2017, Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Eriphinae

Subtaxa: Eriphia cocchii Eriphia gonagra Eriphia spinifrons Eriphia squamata Eriphia verrucosa

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Type: Cancer spinifrons

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Jamaica (1), Mexico (4), Panama (1), Peru (1), Spain (1), United States (1: Florida)

• Pliocene of Italy (8), Jamaica (1)

• Miocene of Japan (1), Malta (1)

• Neogene of Poland (1)

Total: 22 collections including 24 occurrences

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