Ethusidae

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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.[2]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Order:Decapoda
Suborder:Pleocyemata
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Ethusidae
Ethusa mascarone
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Dorippoidea
Family: Ethusidae
Guinot, 1977[1]
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Genera

  • Ethusa Roux, 1830
  • Ethusina Smith, 1884
  • Parethusa Chen, 1997
  • Serpenthusa Naruse, Castro & Ng, 2009[3]

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