Blepharipodidae Explained

Blepharipodidae is a family of sand crabs (Hippoidea), comprising the two genera Blepharipoda and Lophomastix.^[1] They are distinguished from the other families in the superfamily Hippoidea by the form of the gills, which are trichobranchiate (filamentous) in Blepharipodidae, but phyllobranchiate (lamellar) in Albuneidae and Hippidae.^{[2] [3]} Fossils belonging to the genus Lophomastix have been found in rocks dating back to the Eocene.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Christopher Boyko . 2010 . Blepharipodidae . 467686 . March 18, 2012.
2. Christopher B. Boyko . 2002 . A worldwide revision of the Recent and fossil sand crabs of the Albuneidae Stimpson and Blepharipodidae, new family (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura, Hippoidea) . . 272 . 1–396 . 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)272<0001:AWROTR>2.0.CO;2 . 2246/436 . 83981557 .
3. Patsy A. McLaughlin, Rafael Lemaitre & Ulf Sorhannus . 2007 . Hermit crab phylogeny: a reappraisal and its "fall-out" . . 27 . 1 . 97–115 . 10.1651/S-2675.1 . free .
4. Torrey Nyborg & Francisco J. Vega . 2008 . Three new fossil species of Lophomastix (Decapoda: Blepharipodidae) from the Cenozoic of Washington . . 28 . 2 . 361–369 . 10.1651/0278-0372(2008)028[0361:TNFSOL]2.0.CO;2. 198968596 .
5. Carrie E. Schweitzer & Christopher B. Boyko . 2000 . First report of the genus Lophomastix Benedict, 1904 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Albuneidae) in the fossil record and a reappraisal of the status of Blepharipoda brucei Rathbun, 1926 . . 74 . 4 . 631–635 . 10.1666/0022-3360(2000)074<0631:FROTGL>2.0.CO;2 . 1306943. 86363175 .