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Xanthosia arcuata

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae

Taxonomy
Xanthosia arcuata was named by Secretan (1964). It is the type species of Secretanella.

It was recombined as Secretanella arcuata by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2012), Schweitzer et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Xanthosia arcuata Secretan p. 173
2010Secretanella arcuata Schweitzer et al. p. 146
2012Secretanella arcuata Schweitzer et al. p. 139
2017Secretanella arcuata Schweitzer et al. p. 4 fig. 2.2a,b

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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()
Etyoida
superfamilyEtyoideaGuinot and Tavares 2001
familyEtyidaeGuinot and Tavares 2001
genusXanthosia
speciesarcuata

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.

Xanthosia arcuata Secretan 1964
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:17:13
Modified: 2025-10-01 19:08:08
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023
Collections
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