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Ethusa popognensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ethusidae

Taxonomy
Ethusa popognensis was named by De Angeli et al. (2009). Its type specimen is GPDG 0072, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Popogna, which is in a Messinian marine claystone in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Ethusa popognensis De Angeli et al. p. 175 fig. 7A,B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
—Mandibulata
—PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
—Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
—CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
—Reptantia(Boas)
—MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
—Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
—HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyDorippoideaMacLeay 1838
familyEthusidaeGuinot 1977
genusEthusa
speciespopognensis

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.

†Ethusa popognensis De Angeli et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available