Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrophthalmidae
Synonyms: Cyphoplax Haime 1855, Palaeoplax Milne-Edwards and Brocchi 1879
Parent taxon: Macrophthalminae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2023
See also Schweitzer et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Cleistostoma
Subtaxa: Macrophthalmus (Euplax) Macrophthalmus (Hemiplax) Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) Macrophthalmus aquensis Macrophthalmus depressus Macrophthalmus latifrons Macrophthalmus latreillei Macrophthalmus leptophthalmus Macrophthalmus serratus Macrophthalmus setosus Macrophthalmus viai
Ecology: infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brunei Darussalam (1 collection), Japan (3), Malaysia (1), New Zealand (2)
• Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Italy (1), Japan (11)
Total: 20 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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