Family
Blepharipodidae (Trichobranchiated mole crabs)
Blepharipoda occidentalis. Photo: (c) Luke Armstrong, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Blepharipodidae is a family of sand crabs (Hippoidea), comprising the two genera Blepharipoda and Lophomastix. They are distinguished from the other families in the superfamily Hippoidea by the form of the gills, which are trichobranchiate (filamentous) in Blepharipodidae, but phyllobranchiate (lamellar) in Albuneidae and Hippidae. Fossils belonging to the genus Lophomastix have been found in rocks dating back to the Eocene.
-
Humboldt Life
-
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
-
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
-
Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
-
Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
-
Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
-
Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
-
Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
-
Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
-
Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
-
Infraorder: Anomura (Anomurans)
-
Superfamily: Hippoidea (Mole crabs)
- Family: Blepharipodidae (Trichobranchiated mole crabs)
-
Superfamily: Hippoidea (Mole crabs)
-
Infraorder: Anomura (Anomurans)
-
Suborder: Pleocyemata (Crabs, lobsters, shrimps, and allies)
-
Order: Decapoda (Decapods)
-
Superorder: Eucarida (Decapods and krill)
-
Subclass: Eumalacostraca (Decapods, isopods, and allies)
-
Class: Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
-
Superclass: Multicrustacea (Typical crustaceans)
-
Subphylum: Crustacea (Crustaceans)
-
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
-
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
CLICK TO MANAGE