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Callianassa moinensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Taxonomy
Callianassa moinensis was named by Rathbun (1918). Its type specimen is USNM 324287, a set of appendages, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Moin Hill (Pittier collection), which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian marine siliciclastic in the Moin Formation of Costa Rica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Callianassa moinensis Rathbun p. 142 figs. pl. 60, figs. 1-3
2005Callianassa moinensis Todd and Collins p. 62
2010Callianassa moinensis Schweitzer et al. p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
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
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852
genusCallianassaLeach 1814
speciesmoinensis

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.

Callianassa moinensis Rathbun 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalinfrao
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:23:00
Modified: 2022-09-26 19:20:17
Source: infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Valdez and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Costa Rica Callianassa moinensis (type locality: 135455 226681)