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Mursia takahashii

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Calappidae

Taxonomy
Mursia takahashii was named by Imaizumi (1952). Its type specimen is IGPS 74305, a carapace, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IGPS Mi-93, Goishi River opposite Goishi, which is in a Langhian/Serravallian marine siliciclastic in the Hatatate Formation of Japan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Mursia takahashii Imaizumi p. 90 figs. 1, 1a, 2, 3, 4
1993Mursia takahashii Karasawa p. 46 figs. Pl 8, fig 4
2010Mursia takahashii Schweitzer et al. p. 84

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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
superfamilyCalappoideaDe Haan 1833
familyCalappidaeDe Haan 1833
genusMursiaLeach 1823
speciestakahashii

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.

Mursia takahashii Imaizumi 1952
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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: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Serravallian or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Japan Mursia takahashii (type locality: 169413)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Shimane) Mursia takahashii (127708)