Erymidae

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Kingdom Animalia Class Malacostraca Phylum Arthropoda Order Decapoda		Subphylum Crustacea Infraorder Glypheidea Rank Family

Superfamily Erymoidea Van Straelen, 1924 Similar Decapoda, Eryma, Glypheoidea, Glyphea, Eryma modestiforme

Erymidae is a family of decapod crustaceans known only from fossils. They survived for 100 million years, from the Permo-Triassic boundary to the Hauterivian. Eleven genera are recognised:

Clytiella Glaessner, 1931 – 1 species

Clytiopsis Bill, 1914 – 3 species

Enoploclytia M’Coy, 1849 – 20 species

Eryma Von Meyer, 1840 – 44 species

Galicia Garassino & Krobicki, 2002 – 3 species

Lissocardia Von Meyer, 1851 – 3 species

Palaeastacus Bell, 1850 – 24 species

Paraclytiopsis Oravec, 1962 – 1 species

Protoclytiopsis Birshtein, 1958 – 1 species

Pustulina Quenstedt, 1857 – 12 species

Stenodactylina Beurlen, 1928 – 1 species

References

Erymidae Wikipedia

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