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Lithophylax

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Lithophylacidae

Taxonomy
Lithophylax was named by Milne-Edwards and Brocchi (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Lithophylacidae.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Carcineretidae by Schweitzer et al. (2003) and Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Lithophylacidae by Guinot and Breton (2006), Karasawa et al. (2008) and Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Lithophylax Milne-Edwards and Brocchi
2002Lithophylax Sepkoski
2003Lithophylax Schweitzer et al. p. 44
2006Lithophylax Guinot and Breton p. 602
2006Lithophylax Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 59
2008Lithophylax Karasawa et al. p. 95
2010Lithophylax Schweitzer et al. p. 106

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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
Life
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyLithophylacidaeVan Straelen 1936
genusLithophylaxMilne-Edwards and Brocchi 1879

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. †Lithophylax Milne-Edwards and Brocchi 1879
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Lithophylax trigeri Milne-Edwards and Brocchi 1879
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available