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Heteractaea

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Xanthidae

Taxonomy
Heteractaea was named by Lockington (1877) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Decapoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Xanthidae by Rathbun (1918), Karasawa and Schweitzer (2006); and to Actaeinae by Schweitzer et al. (2010), Luque et al. (2017), Schweitzer et al. (2021).

Species
H. lunata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Heteractaea Lockington
1918Heteractaea Rathbun p. 171
2002Heteractaea Sepkoski
2006Heteractaea Karasawa and Schweitzer p. 50
2010Heteractaea Schweitzer et al. p. 124
2017Heteractaea Luque et al. p. 32
2021Heteractaea Schweitzer et al. p. 14

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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
familyXanthidae
subfamilyActaeinaeAlcock 1898
genusHeteractaeaLockington 1877

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. Heteractaea Lockington 1877
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Heteractaea lunata Milne Edwards and Lucas 1843
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: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas del Toro) H. lunata (228706)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Costa Rica H. lunata (135452)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) H. lunata (228547)