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Inachidae MacLeay, 1838

AphiaID

148427 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148427)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Majoidea Samouelle, 1819

Synonymised names

Anomalopodinae Stimpson, 1871 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (originally as Anomalopinae)

Chorinachini Števčić, 2005 · unaccepted

Encephaloidini Števčić, 2005 · unaccepted

Ephippiini Števčić, 2005 · unaccepted

Grypachaeini Števčić, 2005 · unaccepted

Microrhynchinae Miers, 1879 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Oncinopodidae Stimpson, 1857 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym (originally as Oncinopidae)

Sunipeini Števčić, 2005 · unaccepted

Trichoplatini Števčić, 2005 · unaccepted

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Genus Achaeopsis Stimpson, 1857
Genus Anomalothir Miers, 1879
Genus Calypsachaeus Manning & Holthuis, 1981
Genus Camposcia Latreille, 1829
Genus Capartiella Manning & Holthuis, 1981
Genus Chalaroachaeus De Man, 1902
Genus Chorinachus Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Genus Ephippias Rathbun, 1918
Genus Erileptus Rathbun, 1894
Subfamily Eucinetopinae Števčić, 2005
1. Genus Eucinetops Stimpson, 1860
Subfamily Inachinae MacLeay, 1838
1. Genus Achaeus Leach, 1817
2. Genus Dorhynchus Thomson, 1873
3. Genus Dumea Loh & Ng, 1999
4. Genus Encephaloides Wood-Mason in Wood-Mason & Alcock, 1891
5. Genus Eurypodius Guérin, 1828
6. Genus Inachus Weber, 1795
7. Genus Macropodia Leach, 1814
8. Genus Cyrtomaja Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885 accepted as Cyrtomaia Miers in Tizard, Moseley, Buchanan & Murray, 1885 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
9. Tribe Lambrachaeini Števčić, 1994 accepted as Parthenopinae MacLeay, 1838
10. Genus Lispognathus A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 accepted as Dorhynchus Thomson, 1873 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
11. Genus Macropus Latreille, 1803 accepted as Inachus Weber, 1795 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Macropus Shaw, 1790 (Mammalia))
Genus Litosus Loh & Ng, 1999
Genus Metoporhaphis Stimpson, 1860
Genus Oncinopus De Haan, 1839
Genus Paratymolus Miers, 1879
Genus Physachaeus Alcock, 1895
Genus Podochela Stimpson, 1860
Subfamily Podochelinae Neumann, 1878
1. Genus Anisonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
2. Genus Coryrhynchus Kingsley, 1880
3. Genus Ericerodes Rathbun, 1897
4. Genus Acrorhynchus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 accepted as Podochela Stimpson, 1860 (unaccepted > unavailable name, Article 16.1 [ICZN, 1990])
5. Genus Anisonotus White, 1847 accepted as Anisonotus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 (unaccepted > unavailable name, This genus is not valid because the "type species" Anisonotus falklandicus is a nomen nudum.)
6. Genus Driope Desbonne in Desbonne & Schramm, 1867 accepted as Podochela Stimpson, 1860 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
7. Genus Podonema Stimpson, 1860 accepted as Coryrhynchus Kingsley, 1880 (unaccepted > junior homonym)
Genus Prosphorachaeus Takeda & Miyake, 1969
Genus Rhinospinosa Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Genus Sunipea Griffin & Tranter, 1986
Subfamily Achaeinae Dana, 1851 accepted as Inachinae MacLeay, 1838
Subfamily Anomalopodinae Stimpson, 1871 accepted as Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, originally as Anomalopinae)
Subfamily Camposcinae Dana, 1851 accepted as Inachinae MacLeay, 1838
Subfamily Macrocheirinae Dana, 1851 accepted as Macrocheiridae Dana, 1851
Subfamily Microrhynchinae Miers, 1879 accepted as Inachidae MacLeay, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Pseudocollodes Rathbun, 1911 accepted as Inachus Weber, 1795 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Inachidae MacLeay, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148427 on 2025-05-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-03-24 08:41:58Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2005-05-03 07:34:09Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2009-12-15 09:56:25Z

checked

Davie, Peter

2022-08-23 20:31:58Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description MacLeay, W.S. (1838). Illustrations of the Annulosa of South Africa. On the brachyurous decapod Crustacea. Brought from the Cape by Dr. Smith. In: Smith, A. (ed.), Illustrations of the Zoology of South Africa; consisting chiefly of Figures and Descriptions of the Objects of Natural History Collected during an Expedition into the Interior of South Africa, in the Years 1834, 1835, and 1836; fitted out by “The Cape of Good Hope Association for Exploring Central Africa”. Published under the Authority of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, London, pp. i–iv + 53–71, pls. 2, 3. [details]

original description (of Oncinopodidae Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratorum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit W. Stimpson. Pars III.Crustacea Maioidea. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9: 216-221 [23-28 in separata]. [details]

original description (of Anomalopodinae Stimpson, 1871) Stimpson, W. (1871). Preliminary report on the Crustacea dredged in the Gulf Stream in the Straits of Florida, by L. F. de Pourtales, Assist. U. S. Coast Survey. Part I. Brachyura. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. 2(2): 109-160., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6313618#page/125/mode/1up [details]

original description (of Microrhynchinae Miers, 1879) Miers, E.J. (1879). On the Classification of the Maioid Crustacea or Oxyrhyncha, with a Synopsis of the Families, Subfamilies and Genera. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology. XIV(79): 634-673, pls. XII-XIII. [details]

original description (of Chorinachini Števčić, 2005) Števčić, Z. (2005). Reklasifikacija kratkorepih rakova (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) [The reclassification of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)]. Natura Croatica. 14(suppl. 1), 1-159. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Encephaloidini Števčić, 2005) Števčić, Z. (2005). Reklasifikacija kratkorepih rakova (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) [The reclassification of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)]. Natura Croatica. 14(suppl. 1), 1-159. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Ephippiini Števčić, 2005) Števčić, Z. (2005). Reklasifikacija kratkorepih rakova (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) [The reclassification of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)]. Natura Croatica. 14(suppl. 1), 1-159. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Grypachaeini Števčić, 2005) Števčić, Z. (2005). Reklasifikacija kratkorepih rakova (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) [The reclassification of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)]. Natura Croatica. 14(suppl. 1), 1-159. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Sunipeini Števčić, 2005) Števčić, Z. (2005). Reklasifikacija kratkorepih rakova (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) [The reclassification of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)]. Natura Croatica. 14(suppl. 1), 1-159. [details] Available for editors

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original description (of Trichoplatini Števčić, 2005) Števčić, Z. (2005). Reklasifikacija kratkorepih rakova (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura) [The reclassification of brachyuran crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura)]. Natura Croatica. 14(suppl. 1), 1-159. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]

Other

context source (PeRMS) Moscoso, V. (2012). Catálogo de crustáceos decápodos y estomatópodos del Perú. Boletín Instituto del Mar del Perú. 27(1-2): 8-207., available online at https://repositorio.imarpe.gob.pe/handle/20.500.12958/2190 [details]

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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