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smooth redeye crab

Eriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803)
Name authority
(Shaw & Nodder, 1803)
Common name
smooth redeye crab
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Decapoda
Family
Eriphiidae
Genus
Eriphia
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumCrustacea
  5. classMalacostraca
  6. orderDecapoda
  7. suborderPleocyemata
  8. infraorderBrachyura Latreille, 1802
  9. section zoologyEubrachyura de Saint Laurent, 1980
  10. subsection zoologyHeterotremata Guinot, 1977
  11. superfamilyEriphioidea MacLeay, 1838
  12. familyEriphiidae MacLeay, 1838
  13. genusEriphia Latreille, 1817
  14. speciesEriphia sebana (Shaw & Nodder, 1803)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eriphia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Eriphia ferox Koh & Ng, 2008EriphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
warty crabEriphia gonagra (Fabricius, 1781)EriphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Eriphia squamata Stimpson, 1859EriphiidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

Browse 4 records assigned to Eriphiidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Eriphia trapeziformis Hess, 1865 Hess, 1865synonym
Eriphia fordii MacLeay, 1838 MacLeay, 1838synonym
Eriphia laevimana Guérin, 1832 Guérin, 1832synonym
Gecarcinus anisocheles Latreille, 1818 Latreille, 1818synonym
Eriphia sebana hawaiiensis Ward, 1939 Ward, 1939synonym
Cancer sebanus Shaw & Nodder, 1803 Shaw & Nodder, 1803synonym
Cancer tearlachi Curtiss, 1938 Curtiss, 1938synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=207602 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3B735. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.