Retroplumidae

Retroplumidae
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Recent
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Section: Eubrachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Retroplumoidea
Gill, 1894
Family: Retroplumidae
Gill, 1894 [1]
Synonyms

Ptenoplacidae Alcock, 1899

Retroplumidae is a family of heterotrematan crabs, placed in their own (monotypic) superfamily, Retroplumoidea.

Classification

Eight genera are recognised, of which all but two are only known from fossils:[2]

Ten species in two genera survive in the deep sea of the Indo-Pacific region:[3]

Fossil specimens ascribed to the Retroplumidae are known from the Late Cretaceous onwards, with Archaeopus antennatus in ConiacianMaastrichtian rocks in California and Archaeopus ezoensis from Turonian–Maastrichtian rocks from Japan.[4]

References

  1. "Retroplumidae Gill, 1894". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  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.
  3. Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286.
  4. Carrie E. Schweitzer & Rodney M. Feldmann (2001). "New Cretaceous and Tertiary decapod crustaceans from western North America" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 28: 173–210.