| Notopus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Family: | Raninidae |
| Genus: | Notopus de Haan, 1841 |
| Type species | |
| Cancer dorsipes Linnaeus, 1758 | |
| Species | |
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Notopus is a genus of frog crabs from the family Raninidae, it consists of a single extant species and two extinct species.
Species
The three species classified under Notopus are set out below together with the geological frame for the two extinct species which are marked with †:
- Notopus beyrichi† Bittner, 1875 - middle Eocene-lower Oligocene
- Notopus dorsipes (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Notopus muelleri† (van Binkhorst, 1857) - upper Maastrichtian
References
- ^ P. Davie; M. Türkay (2016). "Notopus De Haan, 1841". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
- ^ Hiroaki Karasawa; Carrie E. Schweitzer; Rodney M. Feldmann; Javier Luque (2014). "Phylogeny and Classification of Raninoida (Decapoda: Brachyura)". Journal of Crustacean Biology: 1–57. doi:10.1163/1937240X-00002216.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Notopus | |