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Eucratopsinae

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Taxonomy

Eucratopsinae was named by Stimpson (1871). It is extant.

It was assigned to Panopeidae by Schweitzer and Karasawa (2004), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2016) and Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Subtaxa

Balcacarcinus (syn. Bittneria), Bittnereus, Carinocarcinus, Glyphithyreus (syn. Plagiolophus), Palaeograpsus, Prionoplax

Synonyms

Prionoplacinae is a subfamily. Its type is Prionoplax.

It was synonymized subjectively with Eucratopsinae by Schweitzer et al. (2021).

It was assigned to Goneplacidae by Rathbun (1918).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1871	Eucratopsinae Stimpson
1918	Prionoplacinae Rathbun p. 174
2004	Eucratopsinae Schweitzer and Karasawa p. 77
2010	Eucratopsinae Schweitzer et al. p. 121
2016	Eucratopsinae Schweitzer et al. p. 61
2021	Eucratopsinae Schweitzer et al. p. 7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Multicrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
class	Malacostraca	()

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892
—	Caridoida	Hessler 1982
order	Decapoda
suborder	Pleocyemata	Burkenroad 1963
—	Reptantia	(Boas)
—	Meiura	Saint Laurent 1980
infraorder	Brachyura	()
—	Eubrachyura	de Saint Laurent 1980
—	Heterotremata	Guinot 1977
superfamily	Xanthoidea	MacLeay 1838
family	Panopeidae
subfamily	Eucratopsinae	Stimpson 1871
subfamily	Eucratopsinae	Stimpson 1871

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.

Subfm. Eucratopsinae Stimpson 1871

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G. †Balcacarcinus Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006

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†Balcacarcinus attenuatus Bittner 1875

Invalid names: Bittneria Schweitzer and Karasawa 2004 [replaced]

G. †Bittnereus Beschin et al. 2007

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†Bittnereus depressus Beschin et al. 2016

†Bittnereus tumidus Beschin et al. 2016

†Bittnereus vicentinus Bittner 1875

G. †Carinocarcinus Lorenthey 1898

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†Carinocarcinus zitteli Lorenthey 1898

G. †Glyphithyreus Macleay 1838

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†Glyphithyreus bendensis Schweitzer et al. 2016

†Glyphithyreus ellipticus Bittner 1875

†Glyphithyreus ellipticusdup Bittner 1875

†Glyphithyreus formosus Reuss 1859

†Glyphithyreus sulcatus Berulen 1939

†Glyphithyreus wetherelli Bell 1858

Invalid names: Plagiolophus Bell 1858 [replaced]

G. †Palaeograpsus Bittner 1875

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†Palaeograpsus bittneri Muller and Collins 1991

†Palaeograpsus depressus Quayle and Collins 1981

†Palaeograpsus guerini Via 1959

†Palaeograpsus inflatus Bittner 1875

†Palaeograpsus parvus Müller and Collins 1991

Invalid names: Prionoplacinae [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

chitinc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

infaunalsuperf

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

well-developedc

Created:

2022-11-16 16:35:07

Modified:

2022-11-16 16:35:07

Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class

References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Holocene or 59.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (32 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Paleogene	66.0 - 23.03	Hungary (Budapest)	Palaeograpsus bittneri (138811)
Paleogene	66.0 - 23.03	Belgium (Egem)	Glyphithyreus wetherelli (126158)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Pakistan (Punjab)	Glyphithyreus wetherelli (202286)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Spain (Pyrenees)	Glyphithyreus wetherelli (126568)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Pakistan (Balochistan)	Glyphithyreus wetherelli (226499)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Pakistan (Punjab)	Glyphithyreus wetherelli (202315)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	France	Glyphithyreus wetherelli (226630 226631 226632)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Italy	Balcacarcinus attenuatus, Palaeograpsus inflatus (207595) Bittnereus vicentinus (207474) Bittnereus vicentinus, Bittnereus depressus, Bittnereus tumidus (207470)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Italy	Carinocarcinus zitteli (207553) Palaeograpsus inflatus (135453 146999) Palaeograpsus inflatus, Palaeograpsus attenuatus (176657)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	United Kingdom (England)	Palaeograpsus depressus (41948)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Hungary	Palaeograpsus sp. (207773)
Lutetian - Bartonian	47.8 - 38.0	Nigeria (Abia)	Glyphithyreus bendensis (202483)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	Italy	Palaeograpsus inflatus (207551)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	United Kingdom (England)	Palaeograpsus depressus (226651 226652 226653 226658)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	France	Plagiolophus sp. (229999)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Netherlands	Glyphithyreus wetherelli (207746)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Italy	Bittnereus tumidus (207550) Palaeograpsus inflatus (207785 226536 226703)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.03	Hungary	Glyphithyreus sulcatus (156757)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	Panama	Prionoplax spinicarpus (146569)