Retropluma

Retropluma Temporal range: Neogene - Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Retropluma craverii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Decapoda
Infraorder:	Brachyura
Family:	Retroplumidae
Genus:	Retropluma Gill, 1894

Retropluma is a genus of heterotrematan crabs belonging to the family Retroplumidae.^[1] The extant species survive in the deep sea of the Indo-Pacific region.

Species[]

Species within this genus include:^[2][3]

• † Fraaife et al. 2005
• †Retropluma craverii Crema 1895
• Rathbun, 1932
• † Via Boada 1959
• † Artal et al. 2006
• † Collins et al. 2003
• (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)
• Kensley, 1969
• Tesch, 1918
• De Saint Laurent, 1989
• De Saint Laurent, 1989
• McLay, 2006

Fossil record[]

Fossils of Retropluma are found in marine strata from the Neogene to the Pliocene (age range: from 11.608 to 2.588 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Italy and Denmark.^[3]

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