Notopus is a genus of frog crabs from the family Raninidae,[1] it consists of a single extant species and two extinct species.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Raninidae |
| Genus: | Notopus de Haan, 1841[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cancer dorsipes | |
| Species[1] | |
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Species edit
The three species classified under Notopus are set out below together with the geological frame for the two extinct species which are marked with †:[2]
- Notopus beyrichi† Bittner, 1875 - middle Eocene-lower Oligocene
- Notopus dorsipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Notopus muelleri† (van Binkhorst, 1857) - upper Maastrichtian
References edit
- ^ a b c P. Davie; M. Türkay (2016). "Notopus De Haan, 1841". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ a b Hiroaki Karasawa; Carrie E. Schweitzer; Rodney M. Feldmann; Javier Luque (2014). "Phylogeny and Classification of Raninoida (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Journal of Crustacean Biology: 1–57. doi:10.1163/1937240X-00002216.