Chirostyloidea

Chirostyloidea is an anomuransuperfamily with squat lobster-like representatives. It comprises the four familiesChirostylidae, Eumunididae, Kiwaidae, and Sternostylidae.[1][2] Although representatives of Chirostyloidea are superficially similar to galatheoid squat lobsters, they are more closely related to Lomisoidea and Aegloidea together forming the cladeAustralopoda.[3] No fossils can be confidently assigned to the Chirostyloidea, although Pristinaspina may belong either in the family Kiwaidae or Chirostylidae.[4]

Genera

Chirostyloidea contains the following families and genera:[5]

ChirostylidaeOrtmann, 1892
EumunididaeA. Milne-Edwards & Bouvier, 1900
KiwaidaeMacpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005
  • KiwaMacpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005
PristinaspinidaeAhyong & Roterman, 2014
SternostylidaeBaba, Ahyong & Schnabel, 2018

References

  1. "Chirostyloidea". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2012. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  2. Hwang, Hee-seung; Jung, Jibom (2026-01-12). "Comparative phylomitogenomic analyses provide insights into adaptation and carcinization in Anomura". Animal Cells and Systems. 30 (1): 83–103. doi:10.1080/19768354.2025.2607863. ISSN 1976-8354.
  3. K. E. Schnabel; S. T. Ahyong; E. W. Maas (2011). "Galatheoidea are not monophyletic – molecular and morphological phylogeny of the squat lobsters (Decapoda: Anomura) with recognition of a new superfamily". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 58 (2): 157–168. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.11.011. PMID 21095236.
  4. Kareen E. Schnabel; Patricia Cabezas; Anna McCallum; Enrique Macpherson; Shane T. Ahyong; Keiji Baba (2011). "Worldwide distribution patterns of marine squat lobsters". In Gary Poore; Shane Ahyong; Joanne Taylor (eds.). The Biology of Squat Lobsters. CSIRO Publishing. pp. 149–182. ISBN 978-0-643-10172-2.
  5. Boyko, Christopher B. (23 August 2022). "Chirostylidae Ortmann, 1892". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 October 2024.