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Xanthosia sakoi

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Etyidae

Taxonomy
Xanthosia sakoi was named by Karasawa et al. (2008). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 3, Suhara, Yuasa-cho, which is in a Barremian coastal mudstone in the Arida Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Xanthosia sakoi Karasawa et al. p. 101 fig. 2
2010Xanthosia sakoi Schweitzer et al. p. 67

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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
speciessakoi

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 sakoi Karasawa et al. 2008
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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

Age range: Early/Lower Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan Xanthosia sakoi (type locality: 226205)