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Huxleycaris beneventana

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Axiidae

Taxonomy
Huxleycaris beneventana was named by Bravi and Garassino (1998). Its type specimen is Museo di Paleontologia di Napoli M20885, a carapace, and it is a compression fossil. Its type locality is Le Cavere site, Pietraroia (Museo Napoli collection), which is in an Albian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in Italy. It is the type species of Huxleycaris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Huxleycaris beneventana Bravi and Garassino p. 157 figs. 26-29
2010Huxleycaris beneventana Schweitzer et al. p. 42

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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
familyAxiidaeHuxley 1879
genusHuxleycaris
speciesbeneventana

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.

†Huxleycaris beneventana Bravi and Garassino 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: detritivoreinfrao
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-09-18 00:46:40
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:46:40
Source: f = family, infrao = infraorder, c = class
References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Albian or 113.20000 to 110.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Italy (Benevento) Huxleycaris beneventana (type locality: 127350)