Retroplumidae

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Retroplumidae
Temporal range: Maastrichtian–Recent
Retroplumidae - Retropluma craverii.JPG
Fossil of Retropluma craverii
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Subsection: Heterotremata
Superfamily: Retroplumoidea
Gill, 1894
Family: Retroplumidae
Gill, 1894 [1]
Synonyms

Ptenoplacidae Alcock, 1899

Retroplumidae is a family of heterotrematan crabs, placed in their own (monotypic) superfamily, Retroplumoidea.

Classification[]

Eight genera are recognised, of which all but two are only known from fossils:[2]

  • † Rathbun, 1908
  • de Saint Laurent, 1989
  • † Collins & Morris, 1975
  • † Bishop, 1983a
  • † Lőrenthey, in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929
  • † Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 1996
  • † Vía, 1959
  • Retropluma Gill, 1894

Ten species in two genera survive in the deep sea of the Indo-Pacific region:[3]

  • (Doflein, 1904)
  • De Saint Laurent, 1989
  • De Saint Laurent, 1989
  • Rathbun, 1932
  • De Saint Laurent, 1989
  • (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)
  • Kensley, 1969
  • Tesch, 1918
  • De Saint Laurent, 1989
  • McLay, 2006

Fossil specimens ascribed to the Retroplumidae are known from the Late Cretaceous onwards, with in Coniacian–Maastrichtian rocks in California and from Turonian–Maastrichtian rocks from Japan.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Retroplumidae Gill, 1894". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
  2. ^ Sammy De Grave; N. Dean Pentcheff; Shane T. Ahyong; et al. (2009). "A classification of living and fossil genera of decapod crustaceans" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 21: 1–109.
  3. ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286.
  4. ^ Carrie E. Schweitzer & Rodney M. Feldmann (2001). "New Cretaceous and Tertiary decapod crustaceans from western North America" (PDF). Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum. 28: 173–210. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-05.
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