Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Xanthoidea
Familia: Menippidae
Genus: Eriphia
Species: E. gonagra – E. granulosa – E. scabricula – E. sebana – E. smithii – E. squamata – E. verrucosa
Name
Eriphia Latreille, 1817
Type species: Eriphia verrucosa
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Gelbe Krabbe
English: Yellow crab
español: Jaiba
italiano: Favollo, Erifia
Eriphia is a genus of marine crustaceans in the family Eriphiidae, commonly known as sea spiders (or pycnogonids). The genus is widely distributed in the world's oceans and includes both pelagic (open water) and benthic (bottom-dwelling) species.
Species
The genus contains the following species:[2]
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781)[3] | Western Atlantic Ocean | |
| Eriphia granulosa A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 | the western Atlantic | |
| Eriphia scabricula Dana, 1852 | Indo-Pacific. | |
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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 | |
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Eriphia smithii MacLeay, 1838 | Indo-Pacific. |
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Eriphia verrucosa (Forskål, 1775) | Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and eastern Atlantic Ocean from Brittany to Mauritania and the Azores |
References
"Eriphia Latreille, 1817". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
Davie, P. (2012). "Eriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2012-12-25.
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