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Pilumnoplax urpiniana

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Euryplacidae

Taxonomy
Pilumnoplax urpiniana was named by Via (1959). It is the type species of Viaplax.

It was recombined as Viaplax urpiniana by Karasawa and Kato (2003), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Pilumnoplax urpiniana Via p. 58
2003Viaplax urpiniana Karasawa and Kato p. 140
2010Viaplax urpiniana Schweitzer et al. p. 134
2022Viaplax urpiniana Schweitzer et al. p. 8 fig. 3.6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyGoneplacoideaMacLeay 1838
familyEuryplacidaeStimpson 1871
genusPilumnoplax
speciesurpiniana

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2008-01-28 11:51:24
Modified: 2022-05-13 13:34:01
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992
Collections
No collection or age range data are available