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Acanthochirana spinifera

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Aegeridae

Taxonomy
Anisaeger spiniferus was named by Schweitzer et al. (2014). Its type specimen is LPI-40455, an exoskeleton, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Luoping biota (LPI collection), which is in a Pelsonian carbonate lime mudstone in the Guanling Formation of China.

It was recombined as Acanthochirana spinifera by Smith et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Anisaeger spiniferus Schweitzer et al. p. 464 fig. 8,9
2022Acanthochirana spinifera Smith et al. p. 1239

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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
suborderDendrobranchiataBate 1888
superfamilyPenaeoideaRafinesque 1815
familyAegeridaeBurkenroad 1963
genusAcanthochiranaStrand 1928
speciesspinifera()

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.

Acanthochirana spinifera Schweitzer et al. 2014
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Diagnosis
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