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Eurytium

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Panopeidae

Taxonomy
Eurytium was named by Stimpson (1862) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant. Its type is Cancer limosa.

It was assigned to Xanthidae by Rathbun (1918); to Panopeidae by Rathbun (1930); to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Panopeinae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Species
E. crenulatum, E. granulosum, E. limosum
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. granulosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Eurytium Stimpson
1918Eurytium Rathbun p. 171
1930Eurytium Rathbun
2002Eurytium Sepkoski
2010Eurytium Schweitzer et al. p. 122
2017Eurytium Luque et al. p. 28
2021Eurytium Schweitzer et al. p. 9

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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
superfamilyXanthoideaMacLeay 1838
familyPanopeidae
subfamilyPanopeinae
genusEurytiumStimpson 1862

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. Eurytium Stimpson 1862
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†Eurytium crenulatum Rathbun 1918
†Eurytium granulosum Schweitzer et al. 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Modified: 2022-11-16 16:35:07
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Holocene or 23.04000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Mexico (Chiapas) E. sp. (133885)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Florida) E. limosum (143410 143411)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Cuba (Sancti Spiritus) E. sp. (228529)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (North Carolina) E. limosum (150646)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.98 - 5.333Puerto Rico E. granulosum (89476)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) E. granulosus (228595 228596)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.63 - 2.58Colombia (Atlántico) E. sp. (228493)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica (Limon) E. crenulatum (228544)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Venezuela (Falcon) E. sp. (228727)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) E. limosum (150651 150652)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) E. crenulatum (228538)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica E. limosum (228744)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Panama E. crenulatum (134957)
Tarantian0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica E. sp. (224549)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (South Carolina) E. limosum (146572)