Lophoplax

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Brachyura
Sectio: Eubrachyura
Subsectio: Heterotremata
Superfamilia: Pilumnoidea

Familia: Pilumnidae
Subfamilia: Rhizopinae
Genus: Lophoplax
Species (9): L. adamantica –L. bicristata –L. pannosa –L. sculpta –L. sextuberculata –L. sordida –L. symmetrinuda –L. takakurai –L. vermiculata
Name

Lophoplax Tesch, 1918:196
Type species: Lophoplax bicristata Tesch, 1918
Fixation: original designation

Primary references

Tesch, J.J. 1918. The Decapoda Brachyura of the Siboga-Expedition. II. Goneplacidae and Pinnotheridae. Siboga Expeditie 39c1: 149-295, pls. 7-18. Open access pdf Reference page.