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Pehuenchia

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Taxonomy
Pehuenchia was named by Rusconi (1948). It is not extant. Its type is Pehuenchia tellecheai.

It was assigned to Palinuridae by Schweitzer et al. (2010); to Callianassidae by Karasawa et al. (2013); and to Mecochiridae by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2024).

Species
P. tellecheai (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Pehuenchia Rusconi
2010Pehuenchia Schweitzer et al. p. 47
2013Pehuenchia Karasawa et al.
2024Pehuenchia Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
RankNameAuthor
Hymenostraca(Rolfe 1969)
superclassMulticrustaceaRegier et al. 2010
classMalacostraca()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
infraorderAxiideaSaint Laurent 1979
familyCallianassidaeDana 1852
genusPehuenchiaRusconi 1948

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. †Pehuenchia Rusconi 1948
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Pehuenchia tellecheai Rusconi 1948
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
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No collection or age range data are available