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Portunites vicksburgensis

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Carcinidae

Discussion

Necronectes vaughani Rathbun is now N. vicksburgensis (Stenzel) == Portunus (?) vicksburgensis Stenzel (from Rathbun, 1936, Corrections of Names of Fossil Decapod Crustaceans)

Taxonomy
Portunites vicksburgensis was named by Stenzel (1935) [Necronectes vaughani Rathbun n. sp. 1935 = N. vicksburgensis (Stenzel, 1935).]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mint Spring Bayou Decapods, which is in an Oligocene carbonate marl/mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in Mississippi.

It was recombined as Necronectes vicksburgensis by Schweitzer et al. (2002), Schweitzer et al. (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Portunites vicksburgensis Duplicate
1935Necronectes vaughani Rathbun p. 99 figs. Plate 22, figures 7-11
1935Portunites vicksburgensis Stenzel
2002Necronectes vicksburgensis Schweitzer et al. p. 13
2010Necronectes vicksburgensis Schweitzer et al. p. 110

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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()
subclassEumalacostracaGrobben 1892
RankNameAuthor
CaridoidaHessler 1982
orderDecapoda
suborderPleocyemataBurkenroad 1963
Reptantia(Boas)
MeiuraSaint Laurent 1980
infraorderBrachyura()
Eubrachyurade Saint Laurent 1980
HeterotremataGuinot 1977
superfamilyPortunoideaRafinesque 1815
familyCarcinidaeMacLeay 1838
subfamilyPolybiinaePaulson 1875
genusPortunites
speciesvicksburgensis

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.

Portunites vicksburgensis Stenzel 1935
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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 17:22:41
Modified: 2022-11-16 17:22:41
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Fearon and Clapham 2023, Aberhan 1992, Turnsek 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available