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Acanthoportunus buchanani
Taxonomy
Acanthoportunus buchanani was named by Schweitzer and Feldmann (2002). It is extant. Its type specimen is SDSNH 81055. Its type locality is Ocean Ranch, which is in an Uintan marine siltstone in the Santiago Formation of California. It is the type species of Acanthoportunus.
Entered
by C. Schweitzer on 2012-03-02; modified by J. Marcot on 2018-12-31
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2002 | Acanthoportunus buchanani Schweitzer and Feldmann p. 951 figs. Figs. 10, 11 |
| 2010 | Acanthoportunus buchanani Schweitzer et al. p. 110 |
| 2021 | Acanthoportunus buchanani Schweitzer et al. p. 28 fig. 15.2 |
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Acanthoportunus buchanani Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. E. Schweitzer and R. M. Feldmann 2002 | Carapace much wider than long including long lateral spines; anterolateral margin with six triangular spines; anterolateral corner with very long, attenuated lateral spine, which is itself ornamented with at least two triangular spines; protogastric, mesogastric, cardiac, and branchial regions ornamented with large, discrete swellings. |
Measurements
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| References: Turnsek 1997, Aberhan 1992, Fearon and Clapham 2023 | |||||