Biology:Hepatus

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Short description: Genus of crabs


Hepatus
Hepatus epheliticus.jpg
Hepatus epheliticus (Linnaeus, 1763)
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Hepatus

Latreille, 1802
Type species
Calappa angustata
Fabricius, 1798

Hepatus is a genus of crabs in the family Aethridae, containing seven extant species,[1] plus some fossil species:[2]

  • Hepatus chiliensis H. Milne-Edwards, 1837
  • Hepatus epheliticus (Linnaeus, 1763)
  • Hepatus gronovii Holthuis, 1959
  • Hepatus kossmanni Neumann, 1878
  • Hepatus lineatus Rathbun, 1898
  • Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785)
  • Hepatus scaber Holthuis, 1959

Both H. chiliensis and H. lineatus are also known as fossils.[2] The other fossil species include:[3]

  • Hepatus bottomsi Blow, 2003
  • Hepatus lineatus Rathbun, 1898
  • Hepatus nodosus Collins & Morris, 1976
  • Hepatus praecox Collins et al., 1996
  • Hepatus spinimarginatus Feldmann et al., 2005

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3133309 entry