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Ophthalmoplax minimus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Taxonomy
Ophthalmoplax minimus was named by Ossó-Morales et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MSGB74546, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Oued Al Loh, near Merija Tahtania, which is in a Campanian carbonate marl in the Calcaires à slumps de Taghit Formation of Morocco.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Ophthalmoplax minimus Ossó-Morales et al. p. 215 fig. 6

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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
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCarcinidaeMacLeay 1838
subfamilyPolybiinaePaulson 1875
genusOphthalmoplax
speciesminimus

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.

†Ophthalmoplax minimus Ossó-Morales et al. 2010
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Diagnosis
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