Glypheidea
Encyclopedia
Glypheidea is an infra-order of decapod
crustacean
s, comprising a number of fossil
forms and the two extant genera Neoglyphea and Laurentaeglyphea:
Glypheoidea
Winckler, 1882
† Erymoidea Van Straelen, 1924
Decapoda
The decapods or Decapoda are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crayfish, crabs, lobsters, prawns and shrimp. Most decapods are scavengers. It is estimated that the order contains nearly 15,000 species in around 2,700 genera, with...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s, comprising a number of fossil
Fossil
Fossils are the preserved remains or traces of animals , plants, and other organisms from the remote past...
forms and the two extant genera Neoglyphea and Laurentaeglyphea:
Glypheoidea
Glypheoidea
The Glypheoidea , is a group of lobster-like decapod crustaceans which forms an important part of fossil faunas, such as the Solnhofen limestone. These fossils included taxa such as Glyphea , and Mecochirus, mostly with elongated chelipeds...
Winckler, 1882
- † Chimaerastacidae Amati, Feldmann & Zonneveld, 2004
- † Chimaerastacus Amati, Feldmann & Zonneveld, 2004
- Glypheidae Winckler, 1882
- † Cedrillosia Garassino, Artal & Pasini, 2009
- † Glyphea von Meyer, 1835
- Laurentaeglyphea Forest, 2006
- † Litogaster von Meyer, 1847
- Neoglyphea Forest & de Saint Laurent, 1975
- † Paralitogaster Glaessner, 1969
- † Squamosoglyphea Beurlen, 1930
- † Trachysoma Bell, 1858
- † Mecochiridae Van Straelen, 1924
- † Huhatanka Feldmann & West, 1978
- † Jabaloya Garassino, Artal & Pasini, 2009
- † MecochirusMecochirusMecochirus is an extinct genus of lobster-like decapod crustaceans, containing 17 species....
Germar, 1827 - † Meyeria M'Coy, 1849
- † Praeatya Woodward, 1869
- † Pseudoglyphea Oppel, 1861
- † Selenisca von Meyer, 1847
- † Pemphicidae Van Straelen, 1928
- † Pemphix Meyer, 1840
- † Pseudopemphix Wüst, 1903
- † Sinopemphix Li, 1975
- † Platychelidae Glaessner, 1969
- † Glaessnericaris Garassino & Teruzzi, 1993
- † Platychela Glaessner, 1931
- † Platypleon Van Straelen, 1936
† Erymoidea Van Straelen, 1924
- † ErymidaeErymidaeErymidae is a family of decapod crustaceans known only from fossils. They survived for 100 million years, from the Permo-Triassic boundary to the Hauterivian...
Van Straelen, 1924- † Clytiella Glaessner, 1931
- † Clytiopsis Bill, 1914
- † Enoploclytia M'Coy, 1849
- † Eryma von Meyer, 1840
- † Galicia Garassino & Krobicki, 2002
- † Lissocardia von Meyer, 1851
- † Palaeastacus Bell, 1850
- † Paraclytiopsis Oravec, 1962
- † Protoclytiopsis Birshtein, 1958
- † Pustulina Quenstedt, 1857
- † Stenodactylina Beurlen, 1928