Eriphia
Genus of crabs
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Eriphia is a genus of marine crabs in the family Eriphiidae.[1] These crabs are common in most temperate and tropical seas.[4]
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| Eriphia | |
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| Eriphia verrucosa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Eriphiidae |
| Genus: | Eriphia Latreille, 1817[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Cancer spinifrons | |
Species
The genus contains the following eight extant species:[1][3]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Eriphia ferox Koh & Ng, 2008[4] | northwestern Pacific | |
| Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781)[5] | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Eriphia granulosa A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 | the western Atlantic | |
| Eriphia scabricula Dana, 1852 | Indo-Pacific. | |
 | Eriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803) | Indo-Pacific: north from Japan, China, Taiwan to southeast Asia, west to Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands to India, Oman and east Africa. |
| Eriphia squamata Stimpson, 1860 | eastern Pacific | |
 | Eriphia smithii MacLeay, 1838 | Indo-Pacific |
 | Eriphia verrucosa (Forskål, 1775) | Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from Brittany to Mauritania and the Azores |
There is also one fossil species, †Eriphia cocchii Ristori, 1886.[6]
