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Ethusa chibai

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Ethusidae

Taxonomy
Ethusa chibai was named by Karasawa (1993). Its type specimen is MFM142002, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kinjo, which is in a Pliocene marine mudstone in the Tamari Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Ethusa chibai Karasawa p. 44 figs. Pl 8, fig 12
2010Ethusa chibai Schweitzer et al. p. 80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
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
specieschibai

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.

Ethusa chibai Karasawa 1993
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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: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Shizuoka) Ethusa chibai (type locality: 202457)