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Ethusa

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ethusidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Ethusa Roux
1991Ethusa Muller and Collins p. 66
1993Ethusa Karasawa p. 44
2008Ethusa De Angeli and Beschin p. 20
2010Ethusa De Angeli et al. p. 154
2010Ethusa Schweitzer et al. p. 80
2021Ethusa Schweitzer et al. p. 3

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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()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyDorippoideaMacLeay 1838
familyEthusidaeGuinot 1977
genusEthusa

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. Ethusa Roux 1830
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Ethusa berica De Angeli and Beschin 2008
Ethusa chibai Karasawa 1993
Ethusa evae Muller and Collins 1991
Ethusa mascarone Herbst 1785
Ethusa octospinosa Müller 2006
Ethusa popognensis De Angeli et al. 2009
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2023-11-13 01:04:32
Modified: 2023-11-13 01:04:32
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Turnsek 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleogene66.0 - 23.04Hungary (Budapest) E. evae (138811)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) E. berica (69701)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) E. berica (207617)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Hungary E. octospinosa (149364 154686)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Livorno) E. popognensis (221591)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Shizuoka) E. chibai (202457)