Epialtidae

Halimeda crab Huenia heraldica, copyright Erwin Kodiat.

Belongs within: Heterotremata.

The Epialtidae are a group of spider crabs with a typically triangular carapace and a covering of hooked hairs that accumulate sediment and other debris for camouflage.

<==Epialtidae [Epialtinae]
    |--Austrolibinia gracilipes (Miers 1879) MG-H11
    |--Griffinia lappacea (Rathbun 1918) MG-H11
    |--Hyastenus convexus Miers 1884 MG-H11
    |--Lahaina agassizii (Rathbun 1902) MG-H11
    |--Naxoides MG-H11
    |    |--N. robillardi (Miers 1882) MG-H11
    |    |--N. taurus (Pocock 1890) MG-H11
    |    `--N. tenuirostris (Haswell 1880) MG-H11
    |--Oxypleurodon wilsoni Richer de Forges & Poore 2008 MG-H11
    |--Phalangipus MG-H11
    |    |--P. filiformis Rathbun 1916 MG-H11
    |    `--P. hystrix (Miers 1886) MG-H11
    |--Rochinia MG-H11
    |    |--R. annae Richer de Forges & Poore 2008 MG-H11
    |    |--R. carinata Griffin & Tranter 1986 MG-H11
    |    `--R. strangeri Serène & Lohavanijaya 1973 MG-H11
    |--Epialtus brasiliensis (Dana 1852) TF08
    |--Perinea tumida Dana 1852 TSH09
    |--Menaethius TSH09
    |    |--M. monoceros (Latreille 1825) TSH09
    |    `--M. orientalis (Sakai 1969) TSH09
    `--Huenia TSH09
         |--H. bifurcata Streets 1870 B64
         |--H. brevifrons (Ward 1941) TSH09
         |--H. heraldica (De Haan 1837) TSH09
         `--H. proteus B64

*Type species of generic name indicated

REFERENCES

[B64] Bennett, E. W. 1964. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Crustacea Brachyura. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research Bulletin 153: 1–120.

[MG-H11] McEnnulty, F. R., K. L. Gowlett-Holmes, A. Williams, F. Althaus, J. Fromont, G. C. B. Poore, T. D. O'Hara, L. Marsh, P. Kott, S. Slack-Smith, P. Alderslade & M. V. Kitahara. 2011. The deepwater megabenthic invertebrates on the western continental margin of Australia (100–1100 m depths): composition, distribution and novelty. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 80: 1–191.

[TF08] Teixeira, G. M., V. Fransozo, A. L. Castilho, R. C. da Costa & F. A. d. M. Freire. 2008. Size distribution and sex ration in the spider crab Epialtus brasiliensis (Dana 1852) associated with seaweed on a rocky shore in southeastern Brazil (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Majoidea, Epialtidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 88 (2): 169–175.

[TSH09] Titelius, M. A., A. Sampey & C. G. Hass. 2009. Crustaceans of Mermaid (Rowley Shoals), Scott and Seringapatam Reefs, north Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 77: 145–176.