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Callianassa tenuis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callianassidae

Taxonomy
Callianassa tenuis was named by Rathbun (1918). Its type specimen is USNM 324282, a claw, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 6019g, Canal Zone, which is in an Aquitanian marine limestone in the Culebra Formation of Panama.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. rakosensis, C. symmetricus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Callianassa tenuis Rathbun p. 144 figs. Plate 60, Figs. 13, 14
2010Callianassa tenuis Schweitzer et al. p. 37

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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
speciestenuis

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 tenuis 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: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Panama Callianassa tenuis (type locality: 42627)