Decanet taxon details
Branchioplax Rathbun, 1916 †
1594381 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1594381)
accepted
Genus
Branchioplax washingtoniana Rathbun, 1916 † (type by monotypy)
- Species Branchioplax albertii De Angeli & Beschin, 2002 †
- Species Branchioplax ballingi Remy in Remy & Tessier, 1954 †
- Species Branchioplax bidentata Birshtein, 1956 †
- Species Branchioplax carmanahensis (Rathbun, 1926) †
- Species Branchioplax concinna Quayle & Collins, 1981 †
- Species Branchioplax cordata Beschin, Busulini, Tessier & Zorzin, 2016 †
- Species Branchioplax parva Beschin, Busulini, De Angeli & Tessier, 2007 †
- Species Branchioplax pentagonalis (Yokoyama, 1911) †
- Species Branchioplax rossii De Angeli & Beschin, 2008 †
- Species Branchioplax sulcata Müller & Collins, 1991 †
- Species Branchioplax washingtoniana Rathbun, 1916 †
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Rathbun, M.J. (1916). Description of a new genus and species of fossil crab from Port Townsend, Washington. <em>The American Journal of Science, Ser. 4.</em> 41(244): 344–346., available online at https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s4-41.244.344 [details] 
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Branchioplax Rathbun, 1916 †. Accessed at: https://www.decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1594381 on 2026-09-17
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original description
Rathbun, M.J. (1916). Description of a new genus and species of fossil crab from Port Townsend, Washington. <em>The American Journal of Science, Ser. 4.</em> 41(244): 344–346., available online at https://doi.org/10.2475/ajs.s4-41.244.344 [details]
