Euryplacidae Explained

Euryplacidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Goneplacoidea which consists of 14 existing genera and 31 existing species and 8 fossil genera and 15 fossil species.

Genera

There are 14 currently recognised extant genera in the family Euryplacidae:^[1]

• Eucrate De Haan, 1835
• Euryplax Stimpson, 1859
• Frevillea A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
• Henicoplax Castro & Ng, 2010
• Heteroplax Stimpson, 1858
• Machaerus Leach, 1818
• Nancyplax Lemaitre, García-Gómez, von Sternberg & Campos, 2001
• Platyozius Borradaile, 1902
• Psopheticoides Sakai, 1969
• Systroplax Castro & Ng, 2010
• Trissoplax Castro & Ng, 2010
• Trizocarcinus Rathbun, 1914
• Villoplax Castro & Ng, 2010
• Xenocrate Ng & Castro, 2007
• †Chirinocarcinus Karasawa & Schweitzer, 2004
• †Chlinocephalus Ristori, 1886
• †Corallicarcinus Müller & Collins, 1991
• †Orbitoplax Tucker & Feldmann, 1990
• †Palaeopsopheticus Hu & Tao, 1996
• †Simonellia Vinassa de Regny, 1897
• †Stoaplax Vega, Cosma, Coutiño, Feldmann, Nyborg, Schweitzer & Waugh, 2001
• †Viaplax Karasawa & Kato, 2003

† = Extinct

Notes and References

1. Web site: Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871 . 18 February 2017 . World Register of Marine Species . P. Davie . M. Turkay . 2009.