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Goneplacoidea

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Goneplacoidea
Goneplacoidea is a superfamily of crabs containing 11 extant families, and two families known only from fossils (marked "†"). Acidopsidae † Carinocarcinoididae Chasmocarcinidae Conleyidae Euryplacidae Goneplacidae Litocheiridae † Martinocarcinidae Mathildellidae Progeryonidae Scalopidiidae Sotoplacidae Vultocinidae
Goneplax rhomboides
species of crustacean
Goneplacidae
Goneplacidae is a family of crabs of the order Decapoda and the superfamily Goneplacoidea. It includes the following genera:
Goneplax
Goneplax is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species: Goneplax barnardi (Capart, 1951) Goneplax clevai Guinot & Castro, 2007 Goneplax rhomboides (Linnaeus, 1758) Goneplax sigsbei (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) A further five species are also known from the fossil record, dating from the Miocene onwards.
Acidopsidae
thumb | right | alt=Parapilumnus cristimanus | Parapilumnus cristimanus Acidopsidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Decapoda.
Australocarcinus
Australocarcinus is a genus of crabs, of the family Chasmocarcinidae. It includes 4 species.
Progeryonidae
Progeryonidae is a small family of crabs. Until 2005, they were included in the Goneplacidae as part of the subfamily Carcinoplacinae. Three genera are included: Paragalene Kossmann, 1878 Progeryon Bouvier, 1922 Rhadinoplax Castro & Ng, 2008
Mathildellidae
Mathildellidae is family of crabs belonging to the superfamily Goneplacoidea, containing the following genera: Beuroisia Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981 †Branchioplax Rathbun, 1916 †Coeloma A. Milne-Edwards, 1865 Intesius Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981 Mathildella Guinot & Richer de Forges, 1981 Neopilumnoplax Serène, 1969 Platypilumnus Alcock, 1894 †Tehuacana Stenzel, 1944
Conleyus defodio
Conleyus defodio is a species of crab, the only species in the genus Conleyus and the family Conleyidae. It lives in rubble beds in Guam, and is named after the collector Harry T. Conley.
Psopheticus
Goneplax is a genus of crabs, in the family Goneplaceidae, containing the following extant species: Psopheticus crosnieri Psopheticus musicus Psopheticus stridulans Psopheticus vocans A further species (Psopheticus shujenae) is known from the fossil record (as is also Psopheticus stridulans), dating from 0.012 Ma onwards.