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Lepidophthalmus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Callichiridae

Taxonomy

Lepidophthalmus was named by Holmes (1904). It is extant.

It was assigned to Callianassidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010); to Callichirinae by Manning and Felder (1991) and Hyzny and Dulai (2013); and to Callichiridae by Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Species

L. crateriferus, L. jamaicense, Podocallichirus laepaensis

Synonyms

Podocallichirus was named by Sakai (1999). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lepidophthalmus by Schweitzer et al. (2023).

It was assigned to Callianassidae by Schweitzer et al. (2010).
Lepidophthalmoides was named by Sakai (2011). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lepidophthalmus by Schweitzer et al. (2023).
Lepidophthalminus was named by Sakai (2015). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lepidophthalmus by Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Lepidophthalmus Holmes
1991	Lepidophthalmus Manning and Felder p. 778
1999	Podocallichirus Sakai
2010	Lepidophthalmus Schweitzer et al. p. 38
2010	Podocallichirus Schweitzer et al. p. 39
2011	Lepidophthalmoides Sakai
2013	Lepidophthalmus Hyzny and Dulai p. 950
2015	Lepidophthalminus Sakai
2023	Lepidophthalmus Schweitzer et al. p. 14

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hymenostraca	(Rolfe 1969)
superclass	Multicrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
class	Malacostraca	()
subclass	Eumalacostraca	Grobben 1892
—	Caridoida	Hessler 1982
order	Decapoda
suborder	Pleocyemata	Burkenroad 1963
infraorder	Axiidea	Saint Laurent 1979
family	Callichiridae	(Manning and Felder 1991)
genus	Lepidophthalmus	Holmes 1904

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. Lepidophthalmus Holmes 1904

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†Lepidophthalmus crateriferus Lorenthey 1926

Lepidophthalmus jamaicense Schmitt 1935

Invalid names: Lepidophthalminus Sakai 2015 [synonym], Lepidophthalmoides Sakai 2011 [synonym], Podocallichirus Sakai 1999 [synonym]

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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.03	Hungary	L. crateriferus (156757)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Spain	Podocallichirus laepaensis (150616)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Jamaica	L. jamaicense (185031)