Hymenosomatidae

Odiomaris estuarius

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hymenosomatoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Brachyura Sectio: Eubrachyura Subsectio: Heterotremata Superfamilia: Hymenosomatoidea

Familia: Hymenosomatidae
Subfamiliae: Hymenosomatinae – Odiomarinae

Overview of genera

Aletheiana – Amarinus – Apechocinus – Cancrocaeca – Chartocinus  – Crustaenia – Culexisoma – Elamena – Elamenopsis – Halicarcinides – Halicarcinus – Halimena – Hymenicoides – Hymenosoma – Limnopilos – Lucascinus – Micas – Nasutoplax – Neohymenicus – Neorhynchoplax – Odiomaris – Rhynchoplax – Richerius – Samarplax – Stimpsoplax – Teramnonotus – Trigonoplax

Name

Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838

Type genus: Hymenosoma Desmarest, 1823

References

Primary references

• Macleay, W.S. 1838. On the Brachyurous Decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, Pls. 2, 3. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Guinot, D. 2011: Odiomarinae nov. subfam., a new subfamily for two primitive genera of Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838, with preliminary remarks on the family (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura). Zootaxa 2732: 20–32. Preview
• Guinot, D. 2011: The position of the Hymenosomatidae MacLeay, 1838, within the Brachyura (Crustacea, Decapoda). Zootaxa 2890: 40–52. Preview
• Komai, T. & Poore, G.C.B. 2016. Resurrection of Rhynchoplax Stimpson, 1858, with the description of two new species from Japan and Australia (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae). Zootaxa 4093(4): 515–524. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.3.Reference page. 
• Ng, P.K.L. & Lukhaup, C. 2015. Aletheiana tenella, a new genus and new species of freshwater hymenosomatid crab (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) from Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. Zootaxa 4039(1): 118–128. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4039.1.4. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Poore, G.C.B., Guinot, D., Komai, T. & Naruse, T. 2016. Reappraisal of species attributed to Halicarcinus White, 1846 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) with diagnosis of four new genera and one new species from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4093(4): 480–514. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4093.4.2.Reference page. 
• Tavares, M. & Santana, W. 2015. A new genus and two new species of hymenosomatid crabs (Crustacea: Brachyura: Hymenosomatidae) from the southwestern Atlantic and eastern Australia. Zootaxa 3905(1): 91–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3905.1.5 Reference page. 

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