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Platepistoma

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Cancridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Platepistoma Rathbun
1993Platepistoma Karasawa p. 49
2000Platepistoma Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 226
2010Platepistoma Schweitzer et al. p. 102
2019Platepistoma Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 4

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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
superfamilyCancroideaLatreille 1802
familyCancridae()
subfamilyCancrinaeLatreille 1802
genusPlatepistomaRathbun 1906

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. Platepistoma Rathbun 1906
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†Platepistoma imamurae Imaizumi 1962
†Platepistoma kaedei Karasawa 1990
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 16:21:19
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:21:19
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Japan (Gifu) Cancer kaedei (80280)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan Cancer imamurae (169305)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Shimane) P. kaedei (127708)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Toyama) P. kaedei (202474)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Japan (Ishikawa) P. kaedei (127709 202470 202471 202472)