Goneplacidae is a
family
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of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura (meaning "short tailed" in Greek language, Greek), which typically have a very short projecting tail-like abdomen#Arthropoda, abdomen, usually hidden entirely under the Thorax (arthropo ...
s of the
order
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* A socio-political or established or existing order, e.g. World order, Ancien Regime, Pax Britannica
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
...
Decapoda
The Decapoda or decapods, from Ancient Greek δεκάς (''dekás''), meaning "ten", and πούς (''poús''), meaning "foot", is a large order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, and includes crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, a ...
and the superfamily
Goneplacoidea
Goneplacoidea is a superfamily of crabs containing 11 extant families, and two families known only from fossil
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.
It includes the following
genera
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial s ...
:
*† ''
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
*† ''
Icriocarcinus''
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
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Ommatocarcinus''
White, 1852
*''
Paragoneplax''
Castro, 2007
*''
Pedroplax''
Ng & Komai, 2011
*''
Psopheticus''
Wood-Mason, 1892
*''
Pycnoplax''
Castro, 2007
*''
Singhaplax''
Serène & Soh, 1976
References
Goneplacoidea
Decapod families
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