Psopheticus | |
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Psopheticus crosnieri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Decapoda |
Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
Infraorder: | Brachyura |
Family: | Goneplacidae |
Genus: | Psopheticus Wood-Mason, 1892 |
Type species | |
Psopheticus stridulans |
Goneplax is a genus of crabs, in the family, Goneplacedae, containing the following extant species:[1]
A further species (Psopheticus shujenae) is known from the fossil record (as is also Psopheticus stridulans), dating from 0.012 Ma onwards.[2]
It was first described in 1892 by James Wood-Mason.[1][3]