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Calappa costaricana

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Taxonomy
Calappa costaricana was named by Rathbun (1918). Its type specimen is USNM 324240 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 4269, Port Limon, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian marine siliciclastic in the Moin Formation of Costa Rica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Calappa costaricana Rathbun p. 156 figs. Plate 57, Fig. 24
2010Calappa costaricana Schweitzer et al. p. 82
2017Calappa costaricana Luque et al. p. 31

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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
superfamilyCalappoideaDe Haan 1833
familyCalappidaeDe Haan 1833
genusCalappaWeber 1795
speciescostaricana

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.

Calappa costaricana Rathbun 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:19:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Costa Rica Calappa costaricana (type locality: 135452)