''Goneplax'' is a
genus of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s, in the family,
Goneplacedae, containing the following extant species:
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Psopheticus crosnieri
''Goneplax'' is a genus of crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely u ...
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Psopheticus musicus
''Goneplax'' is a genus of crabs, in the family, Goneplacedae, containing the following extant species:
*''Psopheticus crosnieri
''Goneplax'' is a genus of crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typical ...
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Psopheticus stridulans''
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Psopheticus vocans''
A further species (''
Psopheticus shujenae'') is known from the
fossil record (as is also ''Psopheticus stridulans''), dating from 0.012 Ma onwards.
It was first described in 1892 by
James Wood-Mason.
[Wood-Mason J. 1891. Administration Report of Marine Survey of India or 1890-1891 Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta. 20 pp.]
References
Goneplacoidea
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