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Rhachiosoma bispinosa

Malacostraca - Decapoda

Taxonomy
Rhachiosoma bispinosa was named by Woodward (1871). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Portsmouth dockyard extension, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Rhachiosoma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Rhachiosoma bispinosa Woodward p. 91
2010Rhachiosoma bispinosa Schweitzer et al. p. 108
2021Rhachiosoma bispinosa Schweitzer et al. p. 13 fig. 7.3a,b

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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
genusRhachiosoma
speciesbispinosa

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.

†Rhachiosoma bispinosa Woodward 1871
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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: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Rhachiosoma bispinosa (type locality: 135544)