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Brachynotus

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Varunidae

Taxonomy
Brachynotus was named by De Haan (1833) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Varunidae by Beschin et al. (2016), Beschin et al. (2018); and to Varuninae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), De Angeli et al. (2010), Schweitzer et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Brachynotus De Haan
2002Brachynotus Sepkoski
2010Brachynotus De Angeli et al. p. 168
2010Brachynotus Schweitzer et al. p. 143
2016Brachynotus Beschin et al. p. 151
2018Brachynotus Beschin et al. p. 201
2023Brachynotus Schweitzer et al. p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
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
ThoracotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyGrapsoideaMacLeay 1838
familyVarunidaeMilne-Edwards 1853
subfamilyVaruninaeMilne-Edwards 1853
genusBrachynotusDe Haan 1833

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. Brachynotus De Haan 1833
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Brachynotus corallinus Beschin et al. 2007
Brachynotus februarius Müller 1974
Brachynotus oligocenicus De Angeli et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-08-23 13:46:39
Modified: 2022-09-18 00:50:49
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Valdez and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Badenian or 56.00000 to 12.80000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Italy B. corallinus (140158 207470 207474)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy B. oligocenicus (207550)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) B. oligocenicus (207617)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Hungary B. februarius (138128 138812 164315 207750 207752 207753)