WoRMS taxon details
Retroplumidae Gill, 1894
246446 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246446)
accepted
Family
Costacoplumidae De Saint Laurent, 1989 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Ptenoplacidae Alcock, 1899 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Genus Bathypluma de Saint Laurent, 1989
- Genus Retropluma Gill, 1894
- Genus Archaeoplax Alcock & Anderson, 1894 accepted as Ptenoplax Alcock & Anderson, 1895 accepted as Retropluma Gill, 1894
- Genus Ptenoplax Alcock & Anderson, 1895 accepted as Retropluma Gill, 1894 (unnecessary replacement name for Archaeoplax Alcock & Anderson, 1894)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Gill, T. (1894). A new Bassalian type of crabs. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 28(336): 1043-1045. [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Retroplumidae Gill, 1894. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=246446 on 2025-07-19
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Nomenclature
original description
Gill, T. (1894). A new Bassalian type of crabs. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 28(336): 1043-1045. [details]
original description (of Ptenoplacidae Alcock, 1899) Alcock, A. (1899). Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 4. The Brachyura Cyclometopa. Part II. A revision of the Cyclometopa with an account of the families Portunidae, Cancridae and Corystidae. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 68(2: 1–104. [details]
original description (of Costacoplumidae De Saint Laurent, 1989) de Saint Laurent, M. (1989). La nouvelle superfamille des Retroplumoidea Gill, 1894 (Decapoda, Brachyura): systématique, affinités et évolution. <em>in: Forest, J. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 5. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 144: 103-179. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ptenoplacidae Alcock, 1899) Alcock, A. (1899). Materials for a carcinological fauna of India. No. 4. The Brachyura Cyclometopa. Part II. A revision of the Cyclometopa with an account of the families Portunidae, Cancridae and Corystidae. <em>Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal.</em> 68(2: 1–104. [details]
original description (of Costacoplumidae De Saint Laurent, 1989) de Saint Laurent, M. (1989). La nouvelle superfamille des Retroplumoidea Gill, 1894 (Decapoda, Brachyura): systématique, affinités et évolution. <em>in: Forest, J. Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 5. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 144: 103-179. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ユウレイガニ科 | [details] |
