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Euryplax

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Euryplacidae

Taxonomy
Euryplax was named by Stimpson (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Euryplacidae.

It was assigned to Prionoplacinae by Rathbun (1918); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Euryplacinae by Karasawa and Kato (2003); and to Euryplacidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Euryplax Stimpson
1918Euryplax Rathbun p. 174
2002Euryplax Sepkoski
2003Euryplax Karasawa and Kato p. 138
2006Euryplax Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 57
2010Euryplax Schweitzer et al. p. 134

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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()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyGoneplacoideaMacLeay 1838
familyEuryplacidaeStimpson 1871
genusEuryplaxStimpson 1862

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.

G. Euryplax Stimpson 1862
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Euryplax culebrensis Rathbun 1918
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available