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Carcineretes woolacotti

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcineretidae

Taxonomy
Carcineretes woolacotti was named by Withers (1922). It is the type species of Carcineretes.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. plantarius

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Carcineretes woolacotti Withers
2010Carcineretes woolacotti Schweitzer et al. p. 105
2017Carcineretes woolacotti Luque et al. p. 65
2021Carcineretes woolacotti Schweitzer et al. p. 2 fig. 1.1

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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
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCarcineretidaeBeurlen 1930
genusCarcineretes
specieswoolacotti

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.

†Carcineretes woolacotti Withers 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semi-infaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:54:45
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Jamaica Carcineretes woolacotti (169303)