IRMNG - Varunidae H. Milne Edwards, 1853

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Varunidae H. Milne Edwards, 1853

IRMNG_ID

107887 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:107887)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Decapoda

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Genus Acmaeopleura Stimpson, 1858
Genus Asthenognathus Stimpson, 1858
Genus Austrohelice K. Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006
Genus Brachynotus De Haan, 1833
Genus Brankocleistostoma Števčić, 2011
Genus Chasmagnathus De Haan, 1833
Genus Chhapgarus Ng, Trivedi & Bhat, 2022
Genus Cyclograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Genus Cyrtograpsus Dana, 1851
Genus Dudekemus Muñoz, García-Raso & Cuesta, 2025
Genus Eoacmaeopleura De Angeli & Bellin, 2022 †
Genus Eriocheir De Haan in Siebold, 1835
Genus Gaetice Gistel, 1848
Genus Gopkittisak Naruse & Clark, 2009
Genus Grapsodius Holmes, 1900
Genus Helicana K. Sakai & Yatsuzuka, 1980
Genus Helice De Haan, 1833
Genus Helograpsus Campbell & Griffin, 1966
Genus Hemigrapsus Dana, 1851
Genus Metaplax H. Milne Edwards, 1852
Genus Neoeriocheir Sakai, 1983
Genus Neohelice K. Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006
Genus Noarograpsus N. K. Ng, Manuel & Ng, 2006
Genus Orcovita Ng & Tomascik, 1994
Genus Otognathon Ng & Števčić, 1993
Genus Paragrapsus H. Milne Edwards, 1853
Genus Parahelice K. Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006
Genus Parapyxidognathus Ward, 1941
Genus Parvonotus Davie & Ng, 2024
Genus Platyeriocheir N. K. Ng, Guo & Ng, 1999
Genus Proexotelson Naruse, 2015
Genus Pseudogaetice Davie & N. K. Ng, 2007
Genus Pseudograpsus H. Milne Edwards, 1837
Genus Pseudohelice K. Sakai, Türkay & Yang, 2006
Genus Pseudopinnixa Ortmann, 1894
Genus Ptychognathus Stimpson, 1858
Genus Pyxidognathus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879
Genus Sakakurapsus Karasawa, 2018 †
Genus Schubartus Muñoz, García-Raso & Cuesta, 2025
Genus Scutumara Ng & Nakasone, 1993
Genus Sestrostoma Davie & N. K. Ng, 2007
Genus Tetragrapsus Rathbun, 1916
Genus Thalassograpsus Tweedie, 1950
Genus Utica White, 1847
Genus Varuna H. Milne Edwards in Bory de Saint Vincent, 1830
Genus Paraeriocheir Sakai, 2013 accepted as Eriocheir De Haan in Siebold, 1835
Genus Utica White, 1847, nom. nud. accepted as Utica White, 1847 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2021). Varunidae H. Milne Edwards, 1853. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=107887 on 2026-02-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-07 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-10-12 06:56:42Z

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basis of record CoL2006/ITIS [details]

basis of record WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

source of synonymy Davie 2002A [details]

current name source refer synonym source [details]

extant flag source De Grave, S., Pentcheff, N.D., Ahyong, S.T., Chan, T.-Y., Crandall, K.A., Dworschak, P.C., Felder, D.L., Feldmann, R.M., Fransen, C.H.J.M., Goulding, L.Y.D., Lemaitre, R., Low, M.E.Y., Martin, J.W., Ng, P.K.L., Schweitzer, C.E., Tan, S.H., Tshudy, D. & Wetzer, R. (2009). A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans. <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> supplement 21: 1-109., available online at https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/8358/iz_De_Grave_et_al_RBZ_Suppl21_2009.pdf [details]

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Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Brachyura (Infraorder) > Eubrachyura (Division) > Thoracotremata (Group) > Grapsoidea (Superfamily) > Varunidae (Family) [details]

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