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Cowichianassa

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Cowichianassa Schweitzer et al. p. 408
2010Cowichianassa Schweitzer et al. p. 38
2023Cowichianassa Schweitzer et al. p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852
genusCowichianassa

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cowichianassa Schweitzer et al. 2009
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Cowichianassa meckerti Schweitzer et al. 2009
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2009Ischium longer than high, with longitudi- nal groove, with bulbous distal end; merus with marked, small spines on lower margin; carpus about as long as high; manus with proximal margin at slightly oblique an- gle to lower margin; markedly heterochelous and sexually dimorphic chelipeds; abdominal somites with large lower distal projections overlapping succeeding somite.