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Cryptosoma

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Taxonomy
Cryptosoma was named by Milne Edwards (1837). It is extant. Its type is Cryptosoma dentatum.

It was assigned to Calappidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer and Feldmann (2019).

Species
C. bairdii, C. dentatum (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Cryptosoma Milne Edwards
2010Cryptosoma Schweitzer et al. p. 84
2017Cryptosoma Luque et al. p. 31
2019Cryptosoma Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 3

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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)
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
superfamilyCalappoideaDe Haan 1833
familyCalappidaeDe Haan 1833
genusCryptosomaMilne Edwards 1837

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. Cryptosoma Milne Edwards 1837
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Cryptosoma bairdii Stimpson 1860
Cryptosoma dentatum Brullé 1837
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Cycloes bairdii (58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic C. bairdii (228608 228609 228630)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) C. bairdii (228692)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica (Puntarenas) C. bairdii (228536)