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Retropluma

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Retroplumidae

Taxonomy
Retropluma was named by Gill (1894) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Retroplumidae, Retroplumoidea.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Retroplumidae by Collins and Morris (1975), Beschin et al. (1996), Collins et al. (2003), Artal et al. (2006), Beschin et al. (2009), Schweitzer et al. (2010), Hyžný and Muller (2010) and Beschin et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Retropluma Gill
1975Retropluma Collins and Morris p. 826
1996Retropluma Beschin et al. p. 92
2002Retropluma Sepkoski
2003Retropluma Collins et al. p. 209
2006Retropluma Artal et al. p. 64
2009Retropluma Beschin et al. p. 75
2010Retropluma Hyžný and Muller p. 125
2010Retropluma Schweitzer et al. p. 100
2012Retropluma Beschin et al. p. 59

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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
superfamilyRetroplumoideaGill 1894
familyRetroplumidaeGill 1894
genusRetroplumaGill 1894

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. Retropluma Gill 1894
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Retropluma borealis Fraaije et al. 2005
Retropluma craverii Crema 1895
Retropluma eocenica Via 1959
Retropluma gallica Artal et al. 2006
Retropluma laurentae Collins et al. 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available