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Pleolobites

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Pleolobites was named by Remy (1960) [Sepkoski's age data: T Pale T Eo]. It is not extant. Its type is Pleolobites erinaceus.

It was assigned to Carcininae by Glaessner (1969); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Portunidae by Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); to Macropipidae by Karasawa et al. (2008) and Schweitzer et al. (2010); to Polybiinae by Schweitzer et al. (2021); and to Portunoidea by Ossó et al. (2022).

Species
P. erinaceus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Pleolobites Remy
1969Pleolobites Glaessner p. R513
2002Pleolobites Sepkoski
2006Pleolobites Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 61
2008Pleolobites Karasawa et al. p. 100
2010Pleolobites Schweitzer et al. p. 108
2021Pleolobites Schweitzer et al. p. 11
2022Pleolobites Ossó et al. p. 2

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
genusPleolobitesRemy 1960

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. †Pleolobites Remy 1960
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Pleolobites erinaceus Remy 1960
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available