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Ctenocheles hokoensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ctenochelidae

Taxonomy
Ctenocheles hokoensis was named by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2001). Its type specimen is USNM 512164 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is RB-32, Kydikabbit Point, which is in a Priabonian submarine fan siltstone in the Hoko River Formation of Washington.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Ctenocheles hokoensis Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 187 figs. Fig. 10
2010Ctenocheles hokoensis Schweitzer et al. p. 40
2023Ctenocheles hokoensis Gustafson p. 17 fig. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
RankNameAuthor
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyCtenochelidae
genusCtenochelesKishinouye 1926
specieshokoensis

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.

Ctenocheles hokoensis Schweitzer and Feldmann 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2001Manus of major cheliped bulbous, ovate; fixed finger very long, arcuate, sinuous; finger deflexed at about 160 degree angle to lower margin of manus; occlusal surface with numerous long teeth; minor chela rectilinear, nearly straight.