Ethusidae
{{Short description|Family of crabs}}
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| image = Ethusidae - Ethusa mascarone.JPG
| image_caption = Ethusa mascarone
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| taxon = Ethusidae
| authority = Guinot, 1977Guinot (1977). Propositions pour une nouvelle classification des Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l’Académie des sciences, ser. D, vol. 285, {{p.|1049–1052}}.
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision = 4, See below.
}}
Ethusidae is one of two extant families of crabs in the superfamily Dorippoidea. It contains four genera. Members of this family are found in marine environments at depths from 16m to 4,192m.[http://eol.org/pages/12165040/hierarchy_entries/56506334/overview EOL.org]
Genera
- Ethusa Roux, 1830
- Ethusina Smith, 1884
- Parethusa Chen, 1997
- Serpenthusa Naruse, Castro & Ng, 2009{{cite journal|journal=Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |year=2009 |volume=Suppl. 21 |pages=1–109 |title=A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans |author1=Sammy De Grave |author2=N. Dean Pentcheff |author3=Shane T. Ahyong |url=http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |format=PDF |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064728/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s21/s21rbz1-109.pdf |archivedate=2011-06-06 }}
References
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Further reading
- Ng, Guinot & Davie (2008). Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant brachyuran crabs of the world. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement, n. 17 {{p.|1–286}}.
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