Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Decapoda > Suborder Pleocyemata > Infraorder Brachyura > Section Eubrachyura > Subsection Heterotremata > Superfamily Dorippoidea > Family Ethusidae

Ethusa Roux, 1830

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ethusa mascarone (Herbst, 1785)
Ethusa microphthalma Smith, 1881
Ethusa rosacea A. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1897

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: マルミヘイケガニ属

Literature

original description	Roux, P. (1828-1830). Crustacés de la Méditerranée et de son Littoral, Décrits et Lithographiés. i-iv + 1-176 pp., pls. 1-45. Paris & Marseille: Chez Levrault.
basis of record	Türkay, M. (2001). Decapoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284-292
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Guinot, D. (1967). La faune carcinologique (Crustacea Brachyura) de l'Océan Indien occidental et de la Mer Rouge. Catalogue remarques biogéographiques et bibliographie. in: Réunion de Spécialistes C.S.A sur les Crustacés = C.S.A. Specialist Meeting on Crustaceans, Zanzibar 1964. Mémoires de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire. 77: pp. 237–352.

Genbank

Citation

DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Ethusa Roux, 1830. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:106882