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Scylla floridana

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Portunidae

Taxonomy
Scylla floridana was named by Rathbun (1935). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is East bank of Apalachicola River along Florida Highway 1, Chattahoochee, which is in an Oligocene/Miocene marine limestone in the Arcadia Formation of Florida.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Scylla floridana Rathbun p. 108 figs. Plate 23, figures 7, 8
2010Scylla floridana 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
familyPortunidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNecronectinaeGlaessner 1928
genusScyllaDe Haan 1833
speciesfloridana

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.

Scylla floridana Rathbun 1935
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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: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Florida) Scylla floridana (type locality: 144123)