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Classification

    Phylum:  
Arthropoda
    Subphylum:  
Crustacea (superclass)
    Class:  
Malacostraca
    Subclass:  
Eumalacostraca - Eucarida (superorder)
    Order:  
Decapoda
    Suborder:  
Pleocyemata
    Infraorder:  
Brachyura (crabs)
    Superfamily:  
Brachyrhyncha (section) - Xanthoidea
    Family:  
Grapsidae
    Subfamily:  
Grapsinae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Planes BOWDITCH, 1825
    Type Species:  
*P. clypeatus, OD


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Fossil Image
Fig. 337,2. P. prior (Smirnov), Oligo., N.Caucasus, 2a,b, dorsal, ventral, X0.7 (277, re-drawn)


Synonyms

Nautilograpsus, Nautilograpsoides


Geographic Distribution

Oligo., N.Caucasus; Rec., cosmop


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Oligo.
    Beginning International Stage:  
Rupelian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
33.9
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
Rec.
    Ending International Stage:  
Meghalayan
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
0


Description

Carapace quadrate to oval, as long as wide, convex; anterolateral angle sharp, with notch behind, front about 0.5 width of carapace, gently deflected, legs flattened




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