| Retropluma Temporal range:   | |
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| Fossil of Retropluma craverii | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Malacostraca | 
| Order: | Decapoda | 
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata | 
| Infraorder: | Brachyura | 
| Family: | Retroplumidae | 
| Genus: | Retropluma Gill, 1894  | 
Retropluma is a genus of heterotrematan crabs belonging to the family Retroplumidae.[1] The extant species survive in the deep sea of the Indo-Pacific region.
Species
Species within this genus include:[2][3]
- †Retropluma borealis Fraaife et al. 2005
 - †Retropluma craverii Crema 1895
 - Retropluma denticulata Rathbun, 1932
 - †Retropluma eocenica Via Boada 1959
 - †Retropluma gallica Artal et al. 2006
 - †Retropluma laurentae Collins et al. 2003
 - Retropluma notopus (Alcock & Anderson, 1894)
 - Retropluma planiforma Kensley, 1969
 - Retropluma plumosa Tesch, 1918
 - Retropluma quadrata De Saint Laurent, 1989
 - Retropluma serenei De Saint Laurent, 1989
 - Retropluma solomonensis McLay, 2006
 
Fossil record
Fossils of Retropluma are found in marine strata from the Neogene to the Pliocene (age range: from 11.608 to 2.588 million years ago.). Fossils are known from Italy and Denmark.[3]
References
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