Goneplacidae
Encyclopedia
Goneplacidae is a family
of crab
s of the order
Decapoda
and the superfamily Goneplacoidea
. It includes the following genera
:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of crab
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
s of the order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
Decapoda
Decapoda
The decapods or Decapoda are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and shrimp. Most decapods are scavengers. It is estimated that the order contains nearly 15,000 species in around 2,700 genera, with...
and the superfamily Goneplacoidea
Goneplacoidea
Goneplacoidea is a superfamily of crabs containing 10 extant families, and two families known only from fossils....
. It includes the following genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
:
- † Amydrocarcinus Schweitzer, Feldmann, Gonzáles-Barba & Vega, 2002
- Bathyplax A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Carcinoplax H. Milne-Edwards, 1852
- Entricoplax Castro, 2007
- Exopheticus Castro, 2007
- Goneplacoides Castro, 2007
- Goneplax Leach, 1814
- Hadroplax Castro, 2007
- † IcriocarcinusIcriocarcinusIcriocarcinus is an extinct genus of crab from the Maastrichtian or Campanian of Baja California Norte, Mexico and Merced County, California....
Bishop, 1988 - † Kowaicarcinus Feldmann, Schweitzer, Maxwell & Kelley, 2008
- † Magyarcarcinus Schweitzer & Karasawa, 2004
- Menoplax Castro, 2007
- Microgoneplax Castro, 2007
- Neogoneplax Castro, 2007
- Neommatocarcinus Takeda & Miyake, 1969
- Notonyx A. Milne-Edwards, 1873
- Ommatocarcinus White, 1852
- Paragoneplax Castro, 2007
- Pedroplax Ng & Komai, 2011
- Psopheticus Wood-Mason, 1892
- Pycnoplax Castro, 2007
- Singhaplax Serène & Soh, 1976