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Macrophthalmus (Hemiplax)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Macrophthalmidae

Taxonomy
Hemiplax was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Macrophthalmus (Hemiplax) by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Ocypodidae by Glaessner (1960) and Feldmann and Keys (1992); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Macrophthalmus by Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Hemiplax Glaessner p. 31
1992Hemiplax Feldmann and Keys p. 11
2002Hemiplax Sepkoski
2010Macrophthalmus (Hemiplax) Schweitzer et al. p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—ThoracotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyOcypodoideaRafinesque 1815
familyMacrophthalmidaeDana 1851
subfamilyMacrophthalminaeDana 1851
genusMacrophthalmusLatreille 1823
subgenusHemiplax

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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Macrophthalmus (Hemiplax) hirtipes Hombron and Jacquinot 1846
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 Nukumaruan to the top of the Holocene or 2.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 1.63 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (South Island) Hemiplax major (202190)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0New Zealand (South Island) Hemiplax hirtipes (202189)