Corystidae

Corystidae is a family of crabs, in its own superfamily, Corystoidea. It includes what was once thought to be the oldest Eubrachyuran fossil, Hebertides jurassica, thought to be dating from the Bathonian (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]

• Corystes Bosc, 1802
• Corystites Lőrenthey, in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929
• Gomeza Gray, 1831
• Gomezinus † Collins, Lee & Noad, 2003
• Harenacorystes † Van Bakel, Jagt, Artal & Fraaije, 2009
• Hebertides † Guinot, De Angeli & Garassino, 2007
• Jonas Hombron & Jacquinot, 1846
• Micromithrax † Noetling, 1881

Corystidae Temporal range: Miocene–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
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