Goneplax

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)

Goneplax
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Goneplacidae
Genus:
Goneplax

Leach, 1814
Synonyms [1]

Gonoplax Leach, 1816

A further five species are also known from the fossil record,[2] dating from the Miocene onwards.[3]

References
  1. Peter Davie & Michael Türkay (2012). "Goneplax". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 15, 2012.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.


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