Notopus
Genus of crabs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Notopus is a genus of frog crabs from the family Raninidae,[1] it consists of a single extant species and two extinct species.[2]
| Notopus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Raninidae |
| Genus: | Notopus de Haan, 1841[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cancer dorsipes | |
| Species[1] | |
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The three species classified under Notopus are set out below together with the geological frame for the two extinct species which are marked with †:[2]
- Notopus beyrichi† Bittner, 1875 - middle Eocene-lower Oligocene
- Notopus dorsipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Notopus muelleri† (van Binkhorst, 1857) - upper Maastrichtian
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