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Glypheoidea Zittel, 1885

AphiaID

382822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:382822)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Superfamily

Parent

Glypheidea

Original name

Glypheoidea Zittel, 1885

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Family Chimaerastacidae Amati, Feldmann & Zonneveld, 2004 †
Family Clytiopsidae Beurlen, 1927 †
Family Glypheidae Zittel, 1885
Family Litogastroidae Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2013 †
Family Mecochiridae Van Straelen, 1925 †
Family Platychelidae Glaessner, 1969 †
Family Litogastridae Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2013 † accepted as Litogastroidae Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2013 † (unaccepted > unjustified emendation)
Family Neoglypheidae Karasawa, Schweitzer & Feldmann, 2013 accepted as Glypheidae Zittel, 1885 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Zittel, K. A. (1881-1885). Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung, Palaeozoologie, II. Band, Mollusca und Arthropoda. R. Oldenbourg, München und Leipzig. 893 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24605464 [details]

Taxonomic citation

DecaNet eds. (2026). DecaNet. Glypheoidea Zittel, 1885. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=382822 on 2026-08-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-02-23 11:12:11Z

created

Chan, Tin-Yam

2010-11-03 11:32:18Z

changed

Chan, Tin-Yam

2011-01-12 08:51:59Z

changed

Chan, Tin-Yam

2023-01-15 02:28:47Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2025-10-21 11:11:24Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

2026-06-15 16:54:29Z

changed

De Grave, Sammy

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Nomenclature

original description Zittel, K. A. (1881-1885). Handbuch der Palaeontologie. I. Abteilung, Palaeozoologie, II. Band, Mollusca und Arthropoda. R. Oldenbourg, München und Leipzig. 893 pp. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24605464 [details]

basis of record Chan, T.-Y. (2010). Annotated Checklist of the World's Marine Lobsters (Crustacea: Decapoda: Astacidea, Glypheidea, Achelata, Polychelida). <em>Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.</em> Suppl. 23: 153–181. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Holthuis, L. B. (1991). FAO species catalogue. Vol 13. Marine lobsters of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species of interest to fisheries known to date. <em>FAO Fisheries Synopsis.</em> 125(13): 1–292. [details] Available for editors

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Definitions

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Language	Name
English	glypheoid lobsters	[details]
Japanese	ムカシイセエビ上科	[details]

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