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Plagusiidae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Plagusiidae

Discussion

No fossil representatives

Taxonomy
Plagusiidae was named by Dana (1851). It is extant. Its type is Plagusia.

It was assigned to Grapsoidea by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Subtaxa
Petrusia, Plagusia (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Plagusiidae Dana
2010Plagusiidae Schweitzer et al. p. 142
2023Plagusiidae Schweitzer et al. p. 4

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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
superfamilyGrapsoideaMacLeay 1838
familyPlagusiidaeDana 1851
familyPlagusiidaeDana 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.

Fm. Plagusiidae Dana 1851
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G. †Petrusia Beschin et al. 2016
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†Petrusia striata Beschin et al. 2016
G. Plagusia Stimpson 1862
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 13:46:39
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:50:49
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy Petrusia striata (207470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) Plagusia sayi (146579)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico Plagusia orientalis (147227)