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Macropipus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Taxonomy
Macropipus was named by Prestandrea (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Macropipidae.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Portunidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); to Macropipidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010); and to Polybiinae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Macropipus Prestandrea
2002Macropipus Sepkoski
2006Macropipus Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61
2010Macropipus Schweitzer et al. p. 107
2021Macropipus Schweitzer et al. p. 9

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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
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCarcinidaeMacLeay 1838
subfamilyPolybiinaePaulson 1875
genusMacropipusPrestandrea 1833

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. Macropipus Prestandrea 1833
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Macropipus gruneri Bachmayer and Rutsch 1962
Macropipus ovalipes Secretan 1975
Macropipus tuberculatus Roux 1828 [knobby swimcrab]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available