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Macrophthalminae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrophthalmidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Macrophthalminae Dana
1909Macrophthalminae Rathbun p. 108
1958Macrophthalminae Kesling p. 217
1993Macrophthalminae Karasawa p. 83
2010Macrophthalminae Schweitzer et al. p. 140
2023Macrophthalminae Schweitzer et al. p. 12

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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
—ThoracotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyOcypodoideaRafinesque 1815
familyMacrophthalmidaeDana 1851
subfamilyMacrophthalminaeDana 1851
subfamilyMacrophthalminaeDana 1851

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.

Subfm. Macrophthalminae Dana 1851
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G. Cleistostoma De Hann 1833
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G. Macrophthalmus Latreille 1823
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Subg. †Macrophthalmus (Euplax) Milne Edwards 1852
Subg. Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) Barnes 1967
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†Macrophthalmus (Mareotis) wilfordi Morris and Collins 1991
†Macrophthalmus aquensis Milne-Edwards and Brocchi 1879
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Invalid names: Macrophthalmus vindobonensis Glaessner 1924 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Gonoplax impressa Desmarest 1822 [synonym], Gonoplax incerta Desmarest 1822 [synonym], Gonoplax incisus Desmarest 1822 [synonym], Macrophthalmus granulosus de Man 1904 [synonym], Macrophthalmus officinalis Hu and Tao 1979 [synonym]
†Macrophthalmus leptophthalmus Milne Edwards 1852
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Invalid names: Macrophthalmus guamensis Kesling 1958 [synonym], Macrophthalmus taiwanicus Hu and Tao 1996 [synonym]
Macrophthalmus serratus Adams and White 1848
Macrophthalmus setosus Milne-Edwards 1852
†Macrophthalmus viai Karasawa and Inoue 1992
Invalid names: Cyphoplax Haime 1855 [synonym], Palaeoplax Milne-Edwards and Brocchi 1879 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:26:14
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:50:23
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan Macrophthalmus viai (147808 147809 147810 147811 147812 147817 147818 147819 147820 147821)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Japan (Okayama) Macrophthalmus viai (127688)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Italy Macrophthalmus viai (147814)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) Macrophthalmus granulosus, Macrophthalmus latreillei (42383)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Okinawa) Macopthalmus leptopthalmus (202460)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Malaysia (Sarawak) Macrophthalmus wilfordi (175180)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Japan (Okinawa-jima) Macrophthalmus granulosus, Macrophthalmus latreillei (127689)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (South Island) Hemiplax major (202190)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brunei Darussalam Macrophthalmus wilfordi (173569)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Shizuoka) Macropthalmus japonicus (202461)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Hemiplax hirtipes (202189)