Retroplumidae is a family of heterotrematan crabs, placed in their own (monotypic) superfamily, Retroplumoidea.
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| Fossil of Retropluma craverii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Subsection: | Heterotremata |
| Superfamily: | Retroplumoidea Gill, 1894 |
| Family: | Retroplumidae Gill, 1894 [1] |
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Ptenoplacidae Alcock, 1899 | |
Classification edit
Eight genera are recognised, of which all but two are only known from fossils:[2]
- Archaeopus † Rathbun, 1908
- Bathypluma de Saint Laurent, 1989
- Costacopluma † Collins & Morris, 1975
- Cristipluma † Bishop, 1983a
- Loerentheya † Lőrenthey, in Lőrenthey & Beurlen, 1929
- Loerenthopluma † Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 1996
- Retrocypoda † Vía, 1959
- Retropluma Gill, 1894
Ten species in two genera survive in the deep sea of the Indo-Pacific region:[3]
- Bathypluma chuni (Doflein, 1904)
- Bathypluma forficula De Saint Laurent, 1989
- Bathypluma spinifer De Saint Laurent, 1989
- Retropluma denticulata Rathbun, 1932
- Retropluma quadrata De Saint Laurent, 1989
- Retropluma notopus (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)
- Retropluma planiforma Kensley, 1969
- Retropluma plumosa Tesch, 1918
- Retropluma serenei De Saint Laurent, 1989
- Retropluma solomonensis McLay, 2006
Fossil specimens ascribed to the Retroplumidae are known from the Late Cretaceous onwards, with Archaeopus antennatus in Coniacian–Maastrichtian rocks in California and Archaeopus ezoensis from Turonian–Maastrichtian rocks from Japan.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Retroplumidae Gill, 1894". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved November 10, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.