| Corystidae | |
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| Corystes cassivelaunus | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Section: | Eubrachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Corystoidea Samouelle, 1819 |
| Family: | Corystidae Samouelle, 1819 |
| Genera | |
See text | |
Corystidae is afamily ofcrabs, in its ownsuperfamily,Corystoidea. It includes what was once thought to be the oldestEubrachyuranfossil,Hebertides jurassica, thought to be dating from theBathonian (Middle Jurassic);[1] the species was subsequently reinterpreted as being Cenozoic in age.[2] Corystidae contains ten extant and five extinct species in eight genera:[3]
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