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Hepatus

Poole, Karen E.

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Hepatus is a genus of crabs in the family Aethridae, containing seven extant species, plus some fossil species: Hepatus chiliensis H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 Hepatus epheliticus (Linnaeus, 1763) Hepatus gronovii Holthuis, 1959 Hepatus kossmanni Neumann, 1878 Hepatus lineatus Rathbun, 1898 Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785) Hepatus scaber Holthuis, 1959

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderAcanthuriformes
  5. FamilyAcanthuridae
Habitatmarine
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Hepatus is a genus of crabs in the family Aethridae, containing seven extant species, plus some fossil species: Hepatus chiliensis H. Milne-Edwards, 1837 Hepatus epheliticus (Linnaeus, 1763) Hepatus gronovii Holthuis, 1959 Hepatus kossmanni Neumann, 1878 Hepatus lineatus Rathbun, 1898 Hepatus pudibundus (Herbst, 1785) Hepatus scaber Holthuis, 1959

Both H. chiliensis and H. lineatus are also known as fossils. The other fossil species include: Hepatus bottomsi Blow, 2003 Hepatus lineatus Rathbun, 1898 Hepatus nodosus Collins & Morris, 1976 Hepatus praecox Collins et al., 1996 Hepatus spinimarginatus Feldmann et al., 2005

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