Euryplacidae

Euryplacidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Goneplacoidea which consists of 14 existing genera and 31 existing species and 8 fossil genera and 15 fossil species.

Euryplacidae
Eucrate crenata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Superfamily: Goneplacoidea
Family: Euryplacidae
Stimpson, 1871

Genera

There are 14 currently recognised extant genera in the family Euryplacidae:[1]

  • Eucrate De Haan, 1835
  • Euryplax Stimpson, 1859
  • Frevillea A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
  • Henicoplax Castro & Ng, 2010
  • Heteroplax Stimpson, 1858
  • Machaerus Leach, 1818
  • Nancyplax Lemaitre, García-Gómez, von Sternberg & Campos, 2001
  • Platyozius Borradaile, 1902
  • Psopheticoides Sakai, 1969
  • Systroplax Castro & Ng, 2010
  • Trissoplax Castro & Ng, 2010
  • Trizocarcinus Rathbun, 1914
  • Villoplax Castro & Ng, 2010
  • Xenocrate Ng & Castro, 2007
  • †Chirinocarcinus Karasawa & Schweitzer, 2004
  • †Chlinocephalus Ristori, 1886
  • †Corallicarcinus Müller & Collins, 1991
  • †Orbitoplax Tucker & Feldmann, 1990
  • †Palaeopsopheticus Hu & Tao, 1996
  • †Simonellia Vinassa de Regny, 1897
  • †Stoaplax Vega, Cosma, Coutiño, Feldmann, Nyborg, Schweitzer & Waugh, 2001
  • †Viaplax Karasawa & Kato, 2003

† = Extinct

References
  1. P. Davie; M. Turkay (2009). "Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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