Goneplax
| Goneplax Temporal range:
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| Goneplax rhomboides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Goneplacidae |
| Genus: | Goneplax Leach, 1814 |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Gonoplax Leach, 1816 | |
Goneplax is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species:[1]
- Goneplax barnardi (Capart, 1951)
- Goneplax clevai Guinot & Castro, 2007
- Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Goneplax sigsbei (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880)
A further five species are also known from the fossil record,[2] dating from the Miocene onwards.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Peter Davie & Michael Türkay (2012). "Goneplax". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
- ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ Hiroaki Karasawa; Hisayoshi Kato (2003). "The family Goneplacidae MacLeay, 1838 (Crustacea: Decapoda: Brachyura): systematics, phylogeny, and fossil records" (PDF). Paleontological Research. 7 (2): 129–151. doi:10.2517/prpsj.7.129. S2CID 85698420.
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